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Sidebars

Sidebars are areas, across the theme, where you can add widgets.

Theme Sidebars

The theme provides a predefined set of sidebars to use on different types of pages. Additionally, the theme adds extra sidebars as a part of plugin integrations:

  • Primary – the base sidebar, the other sidebars use that one when are empty
  • Secondary – the second sidebar used on pages with two sidebars (not home and archive)
  • Home – used on the homepage
  • Home 2nd – the second sidebar on the homepage with two sidebars
  • Single Post – used on a single post
  • Post Archives – used on the archive pages (tags, categories)
  • Posts Archives 2nd – the second sidebar on the archive pages with two sidebars
  • Pages – used on a single page
  • Footer 1 – used on the footer, inside the first column
  • Footer 2 – used on the footer, inside the second column
  • Footer 3 – used on the footer, inside the third column
  • Footer 4 – used on the footer, inside the fourth column
  • bbPress – used on bbPress related pages. Available only if the bbPress plugin is active
  • BuddyPress – the base sidebar for BuddyPress pages. Other BuddyPress sidebars (below) use that one when they are empty. Available only if the BuddyPress plugin is active
  • BuddyPress Members – used on BuddyPress members page
  • BuddyPress Single Member – used on BuddyPress single user profile pages
  • BuddyPress Single Member Home – used on BuddyPress single user profile homepage
  • BuddyPress Groups – used on BuddyPress groups page
  • BuddyPress Single Group – used on BuddyPress single group pages
  • WooCommerce – the base sidebar for WooCommerce pages. Other WooCommerce sidebars (below) use that one when they are empty. Available only if the WooCommerce plugin is active
  • WooCommerce Single Product – used on WooCommerce single product page
  • WPBakery Page Builder Home Static – used on a static homepage built on the WPBakery Page Builder plugin. Available only if the WPBakery plugin is active

Add Widgets To Sidebars

You can configure your sidebars on the WP Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets page. Just find a widget, click it and select a sidebar you want to place it into.

Custom Sidebars

You can override a sidebar for a single post, category, or tag. To do so, please do as follows:

  • Go to the WP Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets page
  • Use the Add a new sidebar form (screen) to create a custom sidebar
  • Open edition screen of your post/category/tag
  • Find the Sidebar field
  • Select the custom sidebar. The sidebar will be used only for that particular post/category/tag

Conditional Sidebars

If you need more complex logic to display your custom sidebar. Let say you want a sidebar to be loaded just on a specific category and only for mobile devices (screen), we recommend the Custom Sidebars plugin. It’s easy to use, highly trusted and popular plugin. For a quick start, please watch this video guide.

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