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1. 

   Mischif
   Member

   I am working on a child theme, but in order for it to look its best, I need to change the default widgets that appear in the primary and secondary asides. I know there was talk about putting this feature into thematic, but has it been applied yet? If so, how could I do it?

   Posted 2 years ago #
2. 

   Chris
   Moderator

   Hi,

   this is integrated .. but you need to wait for WP 2.8.1 (hope so .. tested with 2.9-rare) .. the following code works under WP 2.7.x but not under WP 2.8:
   

   // Pre-set Widgets
   $preset_widgets = array (
   	'primary-aside'  => array( 'search'),
   	'secondary-aside'  => array( 'RSS Links', 'meta' )
   );
   if ( isset( $_GET['activated'] ) ) {
   	update_option( 'sidebars_widgets', $preset_widgets );
   }

   Chris

   Posted 2 years ago #
3. 

   Mischif
   Member

   I just tried this with a fresh install of 2.8.1, but it isn't working; I need search, links, archives and meta in that order in the primary aside and a text box in the secondary aside. I'm trying to make it work with this code:
   

   // Pre-set Widgets
   $preset_widgets = array (
   	'primary-aside'  => array( 'search', 'links', 'archives', 'meta'),
   	'secondary-aside'  => array( 'text' )
   );
   if ( isset( $_GET['activated'] ) ) {
   	update_option( 'sidebars_widgets', $preset_widgets );
   }

   I'm assuming I don't need to add an action in functions.php, just having it in there will work.

   Posted 2 years ago #
4. 

   Chris
   Moderator

   This should work .. my code was thought as an example how to change the default widgets to something else.

   .. and .. yes .. you don't need a function. Just put the code into your child theme's functions.php

   Posted 2 years ago #

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