Easily add and change Widget Areas on any page template using Advanced Custom Fields and the Advanced Custom Fields: Widget Area Field plugin. This plugin will add a field with a drop-down selection of all registered Widget Areas in your WordPress installation. You can select which widget area you would like to display in your template files when using ACF's get_field and the_field functions.
As of version 1.0, support for ACF v5 is included.
This Plugin Requires Advanced Custom Fields Version 4 or Higher
Advanced Custom Fields can be found in the
WordPress Plugin Repository Here.
Compatibility
This add-on will work with:
- Advanced Custom Fields version 4 and up
This add-on can be treated as both a WP plugin and a theme include.
Plugin
- Install through the WordPress plugin repository
- Activate the plugin via the Plugins admin page
Plugin (Manual)
- Copy the 'acf-widget_area' folder into your plugins folder
- Activate the plugin via the Plugins admin page
Include
- Copy the 'acf-widget_area' folder into your theme folder (can use sub folders).
- Edit your functions.php file and add the code below (Make sure the path is correct to include the acf-widget_area.php file. You should also change my_register_fields function name to something unique.)
`
add_action('acf/register_fields', 'my_register_fields');
function my_register_fields() {
include_once('acf-widget_area/acf-widget_area.php');
}
`