Any widgets added from Appearance → Widgets (or from the customizer) are shown in a sidebar. There may be times where you need to remove a sidebar from a specific location.
Removing all sidebars
All sidebars can be removed from the theme, regardless if there are widgets present.
/**
* Remove all sidebars
*/
add_filter( 'themedd_show_sidebar', '__return_false' );Removing sidebars for all posts
Sidebars can be removed for all posts. Once the sidebar is removed, the post content will be automatically centered and made slimmer.
/**
* Remove the sidebar for all posts
*
* @param boolean $return
*
* @return boolean $return Whether the sidebar should be shown
*/
function themedd_snippet_remove_sidebar_all_posts( $return ) {
// Remove the sidebar for all posts.
if ( is_singular( 'post' ) ) {
$return = false;
}
return $return;
}
add_filter( 'themedd_show_sidebar', 'themedd_snippet_remove_sidebar_all_posts', 10, 1 );Removing the sidebar for a specific post
The sidebar can be removed on a specific post. Once the sidebar is removed, the post content will be automatically centered and made slimmer.
/**
* Remove sidebar for a specific post
*
* @param boolean $return
*
* @return boolean $return Whether the sidebar should be shown
*/
function themedd_snippet_remove_sidebar_single_post( $return ) {
// Remove the sidebar for a post with the ID of 1234
if ( is_single( 1234 ) ) {
$return = false;
}
return $return;
}
add_filter( 'themedd_show_sidebar', 'themedd_snippet_remove_sidebar_single_post', 10, 1 );Removing sidebars for all pages
Sidebars can be removed for all pages.
/**
* Remove the sidebar for all pages
*
* @param boolean $return
*
* @return boolean $return Whether the sidebar should be shown
*/
function themedd_snippet_remove_sidebar_all_pages( $return ) {
// Remove the sidebar for all pages.
if ( is_singular( 'page' ) ) {
$return = false;
}
return $return;
}
add_filter( 'themedd_show_sidebar', 'themedd_snippet_remove_sidebar_all_pages', 10, 1 );Removing the sidebars for a specific page
Themedd has two page templates (Slim and Full Width) that you can add to pages to hide the sidebar. There are times however when you need to remove a page’s sidebar programmatically.
/**
* Remove sidebar for a specific page
*
* @param boolean $return
*
* @return boolean $return Whether the sidebar should be shown
*/
function themedd_snippet_remove_sidebar_page( $return ) {
/**
* Remove the sidebar for the "About" page.
* See https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_page/
*/
if ( is_page( 'about' ) ) {
$return = false;
}
return $return;
}
add_filter( 'themedd_show_sidebar', 'themedd_snippet_remove_sidebar_page', 10, 1 );