Description
Easily add and change Widget Areas on any page template using Advanced Custom Fields and the Advanced Custom Fields: Widget Area Field plugin. This plugin will add a field with a drop-down selection of all registered Widget Areas in your WordPress installation. You can select which widget area you would like to display in your template files when using ACF’s get_field and the_field functions.
As of version 1.0, support for ACF v5 is included.
This Plugin Requires Advanced Custom Fields Version 4 or Higher
Advanced Custom Fields can be found in the WordPress Plugin Repository Here.
Compatibility
This add-on will work with:
- Advanced Custom Fields version 4 and up
Installation
This add-on can be treated as both a WP plugin and a theme include.
Plugin
- Install through the WordPress plugin repository
- Activate the plugin via the Plugins admin page
Plugin (Manual)
- Copy the ‘acf-widget_area’ folder into your plugins folder
- Activate the plugin via the Plugins admin page
Include
- Copy the ‘acf-widget_area’ folder into your theme folder (can use sub folders).
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Edit your functions.php file and add the code below (Make sure the path is correct to include the acf-widget_area.php file. You should also change my_register_fields function name to something unique.)
add_action(‘acf/register_fields’, ‘my_register_fields’);
function my_register_fields() {
include_once(‘acf-widget_area/acf-widget_area.php’);
}
FAQ-e
- How does this work?
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For this plugin to work, you need to have the Advanced Custom Fields Plugin installed. Once installed, you will be able to select a Widget Area as one of your custom fields.
- How do I add new Widget Areas?
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The WordPress Codex has an article on Widgetizing Themes which includes “How to Register a Widget Area”. If you add a new Widget Area (also called sidebar) with this method it will be available in Appearance > Widgets and also able to be selected in your new Widget Area Field.
- How do I display my Widget Area Field?
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The Advanced Custom Fields website has documentation on displaying custom field values.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Advanced Custom Fields: Widget Area Field” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
0.0.1
- Initial Release.
1.0.0
- Add ACF v5 support
- Fixed an issue where it should have been buffering output
- Add the ability to return the name of widget area instead of just the HTML output
- Adding some escaping, better spacing, commenting
- Better translation support for the few strings included
- Fix bugs preventing from being used in Repeater Fields
- Add checks for ACF existing and other checks