Wordpress switch off sidebar per page

[monaghan]

I'm just putting together a very simple wordpress site for my son's band.

Is it possible (easily) to switch on and off the sidebar and what is displayed in it?

I do more in Drupal than WP and it is quite easy to collapse the sidebars based on the content being displayed, but WP will be easier for the boys to manage themselves than Drupal.

 

[ChrisMM]

What theme are you using? Most theme include a "full page" template that you can select when creating a new page. That will remove the sidebar.

 

[monaghan]

I was rolling a simple custom theme in Artisteer, none of the out of the box themes seem to have a separate page template.

Can you control what pages each widget appears on or do you have a simple all or nothing setting for the sidebar?

This was originally a simple favour, looks like turning into a bit more of a development project or I just swap over to Drupal where I can do it with my eyes closed.

 

[scottmccloud]

This plugin should do what you need I think.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-sidebars/

 

[AssetDomains]

You should be able to copy the page template give it a new template name and then remove the sidebar
https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/template-files-section/page-template-files/page-templates/

 

[AssetDomains]

Just re read if there is no separate page template then copy index.php make it a page template will probably work

 

[monaghan]

Thanks guys, I think I'm there now, trying to keep it as native WP as possible rather than cutting some bespoke code.

 

[ChrisMM]

Thanks guys, I think I'm there now, trying to keep it as native WP as possible rather than cutting some bespoke code.

If you'd like to PM me the site/login info I'll take a look for you. I'll be around for the next hour or so.