BNS Add Widget
Add a widget area to the footer of any theme. Works just like the widget areas commonly created with code in the functions.php template file.
Download
Latest version: Download BNS Add Widget v0.2 [zip]
Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
- Upload
bns-add-widget.phpto the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate through the ‘Plugins’ menu.
- Read http://wpfirstaid.com/2009/12/plugin-installation/
- Add your widget choice to the BNS Add Widget area under Appearance | Widgets
– or -
- Go to ‘Plugins’ menu under your Dashboard
- Click on the ‘Add New’ link
- Search for bns-add-widget
- Install.
- Activate through the ‘Plugins’ menu.
- Read http://wpfirstaid.com/2009/12/plugin-installation/
- Add your widget choice to the BNS Add Widget area under Appearance | Widgets
FAQ
Q. How can I style the plugin output?
A. The plugin uses the register_sidebar() WordPress function; additional classes are added via the plugin code:
- bns-add-widget
- h2.bns-widget-title
Changelog
0.2
- compatible with WordPress version 3.0
- cleaned up CSS elements to better match WordPress default widget code
0.1.2
- compatible with WordPress version 2.9.2
- updated license declaration
0.1.1
- clarified the plugin’s release under a GPL license
0.1
- Initial release.
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Hi there, this is a great widget. I just have one question though. Is it possible to specify where abouts in the footer I can insert the widgets? I was hoping to insert them before the copyright info for the blog is displayed. Do I manually do this? If so, how?
As it is now, the widgets are inserted quite far down in my footer and it isn’t very neat.
Thanks for the help.
This is a terrific widget!
@azza – Thank you. The widget placement is based solely on the ‘wp_footer’ function, which is generally found at the very bottom after all other items in the theme.
Great widget! Just what I’m looking for. Only my theme (Massive News from Press75) has three columns and the columns seem to mess the widget up. Hoping to place it differently, outside the column structure, but I’m a total code moron. Any suggestions?
PS You can see it on my server, here.
http://ppvfakedomainname.com.previewdns.com/vip/
@Lou – Thank you for choosing the BNS Add Widget plugin. This plugin hooks into the wp_footer() function which is generally found outside of a theme’s “structure”, the placement I see in your sample site is what I would expect.
Making use of this plugin tends to be in very specialized circumstances. It was actually designed with the idea of using the BNS Corner Logo widget in a theme without built-in widget areas.
Ah, then I guess it won’t work for me. I was expecting a result like the footer of this site of mine: http://expatlivingwell.com/
@Lou – I see what you are looking at. How the BNS Add Widget area appears is strictly theme dependent as it hooks into the wp_footer() function. The theme has to “style” that section of its code for you to expect that sort of display in your second example.
Thank you. That was very helpful. I now know where to look to see what I can do…
@Lou – Glad to help. Let me know how it works out for you.