Add widget to Top Menu

create an empty php named it meso-custom-functions.php in wp-content/ and add this code

<?php
function meso_add_new_widget() {
register_sidebar(array(
    'name'=>__('Top Menu', TEMPLATE_DOMAIN),
   	'id' => 'top-menu',
	'description' => __( 'Top Menu widget area', TEMPLATE_DOMAIN ),
	'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
	'after_widget' => '</div>',
	'before_title' => '<p>',
	'after_title' => '</p>',
	));
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'meso_add_new_widget', 10 ); 

function meso_add_top_menu_widget() {
if ( is_active_sidebar( 'top_menu' ) ) {
dynamic_sidebar( 'top_menu' );
}
}
add_action('bp_inside_top_nav','meso_add_top_menu_widget');
?>

you will need to adjust the css style bit when the widget on top is active.

Hi Ritchie, I created meso-custom-functions.php in wp-content folder and added the code above.

After adding, I can see a Top Menu Widget Area in Appearance>Widgets…..but when I add widgets to it…it doesn’t show up in the Top Menu of my site..

I tried adding different widgets and cleared cache but nothing shows in the top right corner of the Top Menu.

function meso_add_top_menu_widget() {
if ( is_active_sidebar( 'top-menu' ) ) {
dynamic_sidebar( 'top-menu' );
}
}

top_menu should be top-menu
sry my bad.

Hi Ritchie, its working perfectly now. Thanks once again for your help.

Hi abcdefghijklmnop,

I’m trying to do something similar with this theme -using this thread for instructions. (Thanks Richie) However, I have a novice question about creating a .php file. How do I create an empty php?

Do I just create a document, insert this code and name it as a php extension?

Thanks ??

hi Trampolini, you should use a text editor to create a .php file (just name it .php)

becareful not to use MS Word etc to do this. make sure the program u use is a proper text editor, whether for windows or mac. i’m on mac so i’m using TextEdit which comes with every Mac. goodluck!