Sidebar Shortcode

Features:

• Add sidebars to WP Posts and Pages with shortcodes using a sidebar Name or sidebar ID.
• Add one or more optional custom classes to match your theme styles or custom CSS styles.

How to Use:

Method 1 – (Recommended Use: Add a sidebar using a sidebar Name.)

A sidebar Name can be found in the Appearance > Widgets section of your WordPress Admin Area.

Example uses:

• [sidebar name="your-sidebar-name"]
• [sidebar name="your-sidebar-name" class="custom-class"]
• [sidebar name="your-sidebar-name" class="custom-class-1 custom-class-2 custom-class-3"]

Method 2 – (Advanced WP Users: Add a sidebar using a sidebar ID.)

A sidebar ID can be found in your theme’s register_sidebar functions, usually in the theme’s functions.php file.

Example uses:

• [sidebar id="your-sidebar-id"]
• [sidebar id="your-sidebar-id" class="custom-class"]
• [sidebar id="your-sidebar-id" class="custom-class-1 custom-class-2 custom-class-3"]

General Notes

• The spelling and capitalization of a shortcode Name or ID must exactly match that of the desired sidebar.
• Definition of an active sidebar: An active sidebar is a sidebar that contains widgets.
• A [sidebar] shortcode without an active sidebar Name or active sidebar ID displays nothing.
• An active sidebar ID overrides a sidebar Name if both are present in the same shortcode.
• There is no limit to the number of shortcodes that can be used on the same page or post.
• The same sidebar shortcode can be used multiple times on the same page or post.

HTML Class Notes

• Separate multiple custom classes using a space character. Examples shown in Method sections above.
• There is no limit to the number of custom classes that can be used.
• Each custom class must only contain (letter,number,-,_) characters, otherwise all custom classes are omitted.
• The sidebar ID is always added to the HTML class attribute if it contains only (letter,number,-,_) characters.

Demo:

Visit Plugin URI

1. Install the plugin using the Plugins menu in your WordPress Admin Area or upload the plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in your WordPress Admin Area.
3. Add sidebar shortcodes using the instructions in the above How to Use section.

1. 

   How to find a sidebar Name.

2. 

   How to find a sidebar ID.

3. 

   Example use of the shortcode.

1.0.0

• Initial release.