Add a new widget position

by Joseph on the 14th May 2015
  1. In the functions.php file add 
    //add widget position
 function widget_insertion_init() {
  register_sidebar( array(
 'name' => 'widget name',
 'id' => 'sidebar_1',
 'before_widget' => '<div>',
 'after_widget' => '</div>',
 'before_title' => '<h2>',
 'after_title' => '</h2>',
 ) );
}
add_action('widgets_init','mailchimp_insertion_init' );
  2. Then use the following code to display the widget in a template file: 
    <?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'sidebar-1' ) ) { ?>
 <!-- primary-sidebar -->
 <?php dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-1' ); ?>
 <?php } ?>

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