dynamic_sidebar( int|string $index = 1 )

Display dynamic sidebar.


Description Description

By default this displays the default sidebar or ‘sidebar-1’. If your theme specifies the ‘id’ or ‘name’ parameter for its registered sidebars you can pass an id or name as the $index parameter. Otherwise, you can pass in a numerical index to display the sidebar at that index.


Parameters Parameters

$index

(int|string) (Optional) Index, name or ID of dynamic sidebar.

Default value: 1


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Return Return

(bool) True, if widget sidebar was found and called. False if not found or not called.


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Source Source

File: wp-includes/widgets.php

function dynamic_sidebar( $index = 1 ) {
	global $wp_registered_sidebars, $wp_registered_widgets;

	if ( is_int( $index ) ) {
		$index = "sidebar-$index";
	} else {
		$index = sanitize_title( $index );
		foreach ( (array) $wp_registered_sidebars as $key => $value ) {
			if ( sanitize_title( $value['name'] ) == $index ) {
				$index = $key;
				break;
			}
		}
	}

	$sidebars_widgets = wp_get_sidebars_widgets();
	if ( empty( $wp_registered_sidebars[ $index ] ) || empty( $sidebars_widgets[ $index ] ) || ! is_array( $sidebars_widgets[ $index ] ) ) {
		/** This action is documented in wp-includes/widget.php */
		do_action( 'dynamic_sidebar_before', $index, false );
		/** This action is documented in wp-includes/widget.php */
		do_action( 'dynamic_sidebar_after', $index, false );
		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/widget.php */
		return apply_filters( 'dynamic_sidebar_has_widgets', false, $index );
	}

	/**
	 * Fires before widgets are rendered in a dynamic sidebar.
	 *
	 * Note: The action also fires for empty sidebars, and on both the front end
	 * and back end, including the Inactive Widgets sidebar on the Widgets screen.
	 *
	 * @since 3.9.0
	 *
	 * @param int|string $index       Index, name, or ID of the dynamic sidebar.
	 * @param bool       $has_widgets Whether the sidebar is populated with widgets.
	 *                                Default true.
	 */
	do_action( 'dynamic_sidebar_before', $index, true );
	$sidebar = $wp_registered_sidebars[ $index ];

	$did_one = false;
	foreach ( (array) $sidebars_widgets[ $index ] as $id ) {

		if ( ! isset( $wp_registered_widgets[ $id ] ) ) {
			continue;
		}

		$params = array_merge(
			array(
				array_merge(
					$sidebar,
					array(
						'widget_id'   => $id,
						'widget_name' => $wp_registered_widgets[ $id ]['name'],
					)
				),
			),
			(array) $wp_registered_widgets[ $id ]['params']
		);

		// Substitute HTML id and class attributes into before_widget
		$classname_ = '';
		foreach ( (array) $wp_registered_widgets[ $id ]['classname'] as $cn ) {
			if ( is_string( $cn ) ) {
				$classname_ .= '_' . $cn;
			} elseif ( is_object( $cn ) ) {
				$classname_ .= '_' . get_class( $cn );
			}
		}
		$classname_                 = ltrim( $classname_, '_' );
		$params[0]['before_widget'] = sprintf( $params[0]['before_widget'], $id, $classname_ );

		/**
		 * Filters the parameters passed to a widget's display callback.
		 *
		 * Note: The filter is evaluated on both the front end and back end,
		 * including for the Inactive Widgets sidebar on the Widgets screen.
		 *
		 * @since 2.5.0
		 *
		 * @see register_sidebar()
		 *
		 * @param array $params {
		 *     @type array $args  {
		 *         An array of widget display arguments.
		 *
		 *         @type string $name          Name of the sidebar the widget is assigned to.
		 *         @type string $id            ID of the sidebar the widget is assigned to.
		 *         @type string $description   The sidebar description.
		 *         @type string $class         CSS class applied to the sidebar container.
		 *         @type string $before_widget HTML markup to prepend to each widget in the sidebar.
		 *         @type string $after_widget  HTML markup to append to each widget in the sidebar.
		 *         @type string $before_title  HTML markup to prepend to the widget title when displayed.
		 *         @type string $after_title   HTML markup to append to the widget title when displayed.
		 *         @type string $widget_id     ID of the widget.
		 *         @type string $widget_name   Name of the widget.
		 *     }
		 *     @type array $widget_args {
		 *         An array of multi-widget arguments.
		 *
		 *         @type int $number Number increment used for multiples of the same widget.
		 *     }
		 * }
		 */
		$params = apply_filters( 'dynamic_sidebar_params', $params );

		$callback = $wp_registered_widgets[ $id ]['callback'];

		/**
		 * Fires before a widget's display callback is called.
		 *
		 * Note: The action fires on both the front end and back end, including
		 * for widgets in the Inactive Widgets sidebar on the Widgets screen.
		 *
		 * The action is not fired for empty sidebars.
		 *
		 * @since 3.0.0
		 *
		 * @param array $widget_id {
		 *     An associative array of widget arguments.
		 *
		 *     @type string $name                Name of the widget.
		 *     @type string $id                  Widget ID.
		 *     @type array|callable $callback    When the hook is fired on the front end, $callback is an array
		 *                                       containing the widget object. Fired on the back end, $callback
		 *                                       is 'wp_widget_control', see $_callback.
		 *     @type array          $params      An associative array of multi-widget arguments.
		 *     @type string         $classname   CSS class applied to the widget container.
		 *     @type string         $description The widget description.
		 *     @type array          $_callback   When the hook is fired on the back end, $_callback is populated
		 *                                       with an array containing the widget object, see $callback.
		 * }
		 */
		do_action( 'dynamic_sidebar', $wp_registered_widgets[ $id ] );

		if ( is_callable( $callback ) ) {
			call_user_func_array( $callback, $params );
			$did_one = true;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Fires after widgets are rendered in a dynamic sidebar.
	 *
	 * Note: The action also fires for empty sidebars, and on both the front end
	 * and back end, including the Inactive Widgets sidebar on the Widgets screen.
	 *
	 * @since 3.9.0
	 *
	 * @param int|string $index       Index, name, or ID of the dynamic sidebar.
	 * @param bool       $has_widgets Whether the sidebar is populated with widgets.
	 *                                Default true.
	 */
	do_action( 'dynamic_sidebar_after', $index, true );

	/**
	 * Filters whether a sidebar has widgets.
	 *
	 * Note: The filter is also evaluated for empty sidebars, and on both the front end
	 * and back end, including the Inactive Widgets sidebar on the Widgets screen.
	 *
	 * @since 3.9.0
	 *
	 * @param bool       $did_one Whether at least one widget was rendered in the sidebar.
	 *                            Default false.
	 * @param int|string $index   Index, name, or ID of the dynamic sidebar.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'dynamic_sidebar_has_widgets', $did_one, $index );
}

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Version Description
2.2.0 Introduced.


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    Contributed by Codex

    Here is the recommended use of this function:

    <?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'left-sidebar' ) ) : ?>
    	<ul id="sidebar">
    		<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'left-sidebar' ); ?>
    	</ul>
    <?php endif; ?>
    
    <ul id="sidebar">
    	<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'right-sidebar' ); ?>
    </ul>
    
    <ul id="sidebar">
    <?php if ( ! dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
    	<li>{static sidebar item 1}</li>
    	<li>{static sidebar item 2}</li>
    <?php endif; ?>
    </ul>
    

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