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is_active_sidebar › WordPress Function

Since2.8.0
Deprecatedn/a
› is_active_sidebar ( $index )
Parameters:
  • (string|int) $index Sidebar name, id or number to check.
    Required: Yes
Returns:
  • (bool) True if the sidebar has widgets, false otherwise.
Defined at:
Codex:

Determines whether a sidebar contains widgets.

For more information on this and similar theme functions, check out the {@link Conditional Tags} article in the Theme Developer Handbook.


Related Functions: is_active_widget, is_dynamic_sidebar, register_sidebar, register_sidebars, unregister_sidebar

Source 

function is_active_sidebar( $index ) {
	$index             = ( is_int( $index ) ) ? "sidebar-$index" : sanitize_title( $index );
	$sidebars_widgets  = wp_get_sidebars_widgets();
	$is_active_sidebar = ! empty( $sidebars_widgets[ $index ] );

	/**
	 * Filters whether a dynamic sidebar is considered "active".
	 *
	 * @since 3.9.0
	 *
	 * @param bool       $is_active_sidebar Whether or not the sidebar should be considered "active".
	 *                                      In other words, whether the sidebar contains any widgets.
	 * @param int|string $index             Index, name, or ID of the dynamic sidebar.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'is_active_sidebar', $is_active_sidebar, $index );
}