How to Add Category-Specific Widgets in WordPress

Widgets are definitely a highlight of WordPress.Unfortunately, many users use gadgets without really realizing their true potential, resulting in a cluttered sidebar or two, depending on your theme.

Luckily, there is a solution on your WordPress dashboard in the form of a JetPack module called Widget Visibility.

This little module alone lets you display certain widgets on certain articles or pages -- basically, it gives you fine-grained control over your widgets and where you want them to appear.

With this module activated, there is no limit to the number of "different" sidebars you can have.

You can display certain widgets on your homepage, a different set of widgets on your "About" or "Contact" pages, and a completely different set of widgets on your posts or specific categories.

Let's see how to do it!

Add a specific category of widgets in WordPress

The first thing you need to do is install the JetPack plugin, if you haven't already.

If Jetpack is already installed on your website, then you're ready to go.

First step:

The first thing you need to do is log into your dashboard, mouse over JetPack, and go to settings.

Scroll down until you see Widget Visibility.Click the module name, then click Activate.

Step 2:

Now that you've activated this module, let's see how to display widgets only for certain categories.

Let's say you want to display more articles from that category on an article in the same category.

The easiest way to do this is to first create an image for your category (something simple in Picmonkey will do) and upload the image to your media library.

Then grab the URL of the uploaded image.

Step 3:

Next, go to Appearance > Widgets and drag the Image widget to your sidebar.

Fill in the fields for Image URL and Image Size to ensure it displays correctly.In the "Link URL (when the image is clicked)" field, enter the link of your desired category.

Now, here comes the fun part!

Step 4:

Click the Visibility button and select Display.Change the desired gadget type from the drop-down menu.Then click Save.

The gadget will now only appear on posts belonging to the specified category.

Visibility is controlled by five areas: page type, category, tags, date, and author.

For example, if you want the author widget to only appear on posts by that author, select "Show" from the first drop-down menu and add two rules."The author is" and "The author you want".

Similarly, you can choose to hide certain widgets from certain pages.

Like the author widget example above, you can choose to hide it on your About page, as it really doesn't make sense to have it appear there.In this case, you can change the first option of "Show" to "Hide", then select "Page", and then select the corresponding static page from the final drop-down menu.

Each visibility rule is handled individually.For example, there's no way to only show widgets on posts that are categorized as "recipes" and tagged as "breakfast ideas."You can only choose one or the other.

From https://cn.bluehost.com/blog/wordpress/15915.html