Question

There are two areas in my theme for widgets. But what should I do if I want to define two different templates to the same widget? a template to the widget when it’s in X area and other template to the same widget when it’s in Y area.

The format of the widget is normal:

class some_widget extends WP_Widget {

    function some_widget() { .. }

    function widget() { .. }

    function update() { .. }

    function form() { .. }

}

widget() includes the template of the widget.

Thank you.

Answer 1

In the first parameter of widget function, you will find the sidebar id and name, for example :

public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
  if ($args['id']=='sidebar-1') {
    // do something
  } else {
    // do something else
  }
}

To get the name of the sidebar instead of id, just use $args['name']

But before trying this, did you try with different css rules ?