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Widget Context

Contributors: kasparsd, jamescollins
Tags: widget, widget context, context, logic, widget logic, cms
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 4.9.1
Stable tag: trunk
License: GPLv2 or later

Show or hide widgets on specific posts, pages or sections of your site.

Description

Widget Context allows you to show or hide widgets on certain sections of your site — front page, posts, pages, archives, search, etc. It also features section targeting by URLs (with wildcard support) for maximum flexibility.

Get Involved:

• Development and pull requests on GitHub,
• Bug reports and suggestions on WordPress.org forums.

Installation

• Install the plugin through Add New Plugin feature in your WordPress dashboard -- search for Widget Context.
• Widget Context settings will appear automatically under each widget under Design > Widgets.

Changelog

1.0.5 (May 8, 2017)

• Confirm the plugin works with the latest version of WordPress.
• Add support for continuous testing via wp-dev-lib.

1.0.4 (May 6, 2016)

• Confirm the plugin works with the latest version of WordPress.
• Fix the PHP class constructor warning.
• Move the widget context settings link.
• Fix the initial context state in the customizer.

1.0.3

• Include Russian translation (Thanks Flector!).
• Add textdomain to the remaining strings.
• Enable debugging if Debug Bar is available.

1.0.2

• Load available custom post types and taxonomies right before visibility checks to avoid PHP warnings.
• Run visibility checks only after the main post query has run. Fixes issues with WooCommerce.
• Load our CSS and Javascript files only on widget and customizer admin pages.

1.0.1

• Fix PHP warning in custom post type and taxonomy module.

1.0

• Public release of the 1.0 refactoring.

1.0-beta

• Improved settings page.

1.0-alpha

• Refactor code to allow custom widget context modules.

0.8.3

• Fix PHP warning that occurred on PHP 5.2.x.

0.8.2

• Improved SSL/HTTPS detection.
• Fix: Ensure that is_active_sidebar() & is_dynamic_sidebar() don't return true when there are no widgets displayed on a page.
• Two new filters so that other plugins can override widget context display/visibility logic.

0.8.1

• Revert back to changing callback function in $wp_registered_widgets for attaching widget context setting controls.
• Fix the word count logic.

0.8

• Major code rewrite and refactoring to improve performance and usability.
• Fix bugs with URL targeting and empty lines in the "Target by URL" textarea.

0.7.2

• Fix PHP warnings/notices. Props to James Collins.

0.7.1

• Confirm that the plugin works with the latest version of WP.

0.7

• Bug fix: check for active sidebars only after $paged has been set.

0.6

• Don't check for used sidebars on each widget load. Allow absolute URLs in the URL check.

0.5

• Added distinction between is_front_page() and is_home(). Remove widgets from wp_get_sidebars_widgets() if they are not being displayed -- this way you can check if a particular sidebar is empty.

0.4.5

• Widget output callback couldn't determine the widget_id.

0.4.4

• Fixed widget control parameter transfer for widgets that don't use the new widget api.

0.4.2

• Initial release on Plugin repository.

Upgrade Notice

1.0.2

Load available custom post types and taxonomies right before visibility checks to avoid PHP warnings. Run visibility checks only after the main post query has run. Fixes issues with WooCommerce.

1.0.1

Fix PHP warning in custom post type and taxonomy module.

1.0

New modular architecture and settings page. Please make sure you test this version before deploying to a production website.

0.8.1

(1) Revert to a legacy method for attaching widget control settings in order to make it work with old plugins. (2) Fix the word count context logic.

0.8

Major code rewrite and refactoring to improve plugin performance and usability.

0.7.2

Fix PHP warnings/notices.

0.7.1

Confirm that plugin works with the latest version of WordPress.

0.7

Bug fix: check for active sidebars only after $paged has been set.

0.6

Performance improvements - don't check if sidebar has any widgets on every widget load.

Screenshots

1. Widget Context settings at the bottom of every widget
2. Widget Context plugin settings