Side Content
This plugin provides similar functionality to the Drupal Side Content module.
It enables you to define a set of widgets which are effectively placeholders. Each one is empty until you assign content
to it when editing a page.
This enables you to extend the content of the page into the sidebar.
Suppose, for example, you have a set of pages about people in your company. You could use a side content
widget to add a biography for each of them, or a photo, or to list their favourite pizza toppings.
You can use the plugin without any template changes at all, but it does provide a simple API so you can test for the presence of side content widgets and adjust your templates accordingly.
As of release 0.7 of the plugin, it supports the WP shortcode API. There is also an extra add-on plugin which provides the same support for NextGEN Gallery shortcodes (development sponsored by Comunicrea s. n. c.).
Release 0.75 fixes a bug affecting side content widgets with names containing characters other than lowercase alphanumerics. A new contributed extension provides integration with the qTranslate plugin.
Release 0.8 adds no new functionality but makes the plugin compatible with WP 2.7.
Release 0.9 adds no new functionality but makes the plugin compatible with WP 2.8.1.
Release 1.0 adds no new functionality but makes the plugin compatible with WP 4.1.0.
API
Use the following code to test for the presence of side content widgets:
<?php if(function_exists('the_side_content') && the_side_content()->has_widgets() :?>
Use the following code to test for the presence of a particular side content widget called ‘widget name’:
<?php if(function_exists('the_side_content') && the_side_content()->has_widgets('widget name') :?>
The plugin defines a filter, ‘side_content’, which can be used to preprocess side content widgets before display.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.