[Plugin: Woocommerce Dropdown Cart Widget.] Template tag for: Woocommerce Dropdown Cart Widget

Hi

I was looking for the same thing and found the following in another thread about outputting widgets in template files:

<?php
	$instance = array("title" => "", "number" => 1);
	$args = array("title" => "My Widget", "before_title" => "", "after_title" => "");
	$sb = new WooCommerce_Widget_DropdownCart();
	$sb->number = $instance['number'];
	$sb->widget($args,$instance);
?>

This works for me! You can fill the title, before_title and after_title if you wish. Like:

$instance = array("title" => "MyTitle", "number" => 1);
$args = array("title" => "My Widget", "before_title" => "<h2>", "after_title" => "</h2>");

I somewhat new to WordPress (been using Joomla for 3 years and can do almost anything with it) but I seem to have a mental block when it comes to adding new widget positions to WordPress.

My theme does not have, by default, a position in the header area for the cart. I have tried adding

register_sidebar(array(
  'name' => 'MiniCart',
   'id' => 'minicart',
   'before_widget' => '',
   'after_widget' => '',
   'before_title' => '<h3>',
   'after_title' => '</h3>'
 ));

to my functions.php file and adding

<?php dynamic_sidebar('minicart'); ?>

to my header.php file.

Is the code from nsunberg above a better solution for me? If there is a post somewhere else that will give me some better guidance please post it for me!

Thanks,
John

The code I supplied in my previous post is used to output a specific widget in a template file, in this case the Dropdown Cart Widget.

You can do this in two ways (that I am aware of):

1. Use the code I posted earlier, just put it wherever you want it to be.

2. Register a widget area in your functions.php and place a code snippet where you want to show it. Then go to Appearance -> Widgets and drag-and-drop the Dropdown Cart Widget to the widget area you just created.

You can read more about widgets under:
WordPress Widgets
Widgetizing Themes

The following code is taken from “Widgetizing themes” and slightly edited. Put this code into your functions.php file.

function arphabet_widgets_init() {

	register_sidebar( array(
		'name' => 'Woocommerce Dropdown Cart',
		'id' => 'wc_dropdown_cart',
		'before_widget' => '',
		'after_widget' => '',
		'before_title' => '',
		'after_title' => '',
	) );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'arphabet_widgets_init' );

Then put the following code wherever you want the dropdown cart to shop up. Maybe in header.php?

<?php
	if ( dynamic_sidebar('wc_dropdown_cart') ) :
	else : ?>
<?php endif; ?>

Remember that you have to activate the widget under Appearance -> Widgets.