get_sidebar( string $name = null, array $args = array() ): void|false

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   Codex 9 years ago

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   Simple call
   Assume you have file wp-content/yourTheme/sidebar-nice-bar.php. The way you can include this sidebar in your page is:

   <?php get_sidebar('nice-bar'); ?>
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   Codex 9 years ago

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   Left and Right Sidebars
   Two sidebars in one theme.

   <?php get_header(); ?>
   <?php get_sidebar( 'left' ); ?>
   <?php get_sidebar( 'right' ); ?>
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

   The file names for the right and left sidebars should be sidebar-right.php and sidebar-left.php respectively.
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   Codex 9 years ago

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   Multi sidebars
   Different sidebar for different pages.

   <?php
   if ( is_home() ) :
     get_sidebar( 'home' );
   elseif ( is_404() ) :
     get_sidebar( '404' );
   else :
     get_sidebar();
   endif;
   ?>

   The file names for the home and 404 sidebars should be sidebar-home.php and sidebar-404.php respectively.
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   Codex 9 years ago

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   Simple 404 page
   The following code is a simple example of a template for an “HTTP 404: Not Found” error (which you could include in your Theme as 404.php).

   <?php get_header(); ?>
   <h2>Error 404 - Not Found</h2>
   <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
   <?php get_footer(); ?>
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   Thirumani Guhan 4 years ago

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   Call sidebar with $args parameter (Since 5.5.0)
   Consider below is your sidebar call from anywhere inside your theme,

   <?php 
   $args = array(
   	'title' => 'Shop sidebar'
   );
   
   get_sidebar( 'shop', $args ); 
   
   ?>

   Your codes inside sidebar-shop.php file might look a like below.

   <div id="secondary" class="widget-area sidebar-shop" role="complementary">
   	<h2><?php echo esc_html( $args['title'] ); ?><h2>
   	<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-shop' ); ?>
   </div><!-- #secondary -->
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   tradesouthwest 6 years ago

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   Conditional Statement for Any Sidebar
   In case you are making a plugin template where you do not know if there is a sidebar, for any given theme the plugin may be used with, you may check for register_sidebar function to see if any sidebar exists.

   if ( function_exists( 'register_sidebar' ) ) { 
   	get_sidebar(); 
   } 

   Or, if you know the theme registered name for the sidebar in question try:

   //for twenty-sixteen theme
       if ( is_active_sidebar( 'content-bottom' ) ) : 
           get_sidebar( 'content-bottom' ); 
       endif;