How do I move a plugin to the “other” sidebar??? Please help!!

  • Ok, here is my blog https://www.benbelack.com/blog

    I’m trying to install nextgen-gallery. However, when I activate the plug-in, it lays on top of my middle sidebar COVERING and HIDING my “archive”, “categories”, and etc. sections.

    So, I’d like to move it over to my second sidebar, on the far right. I want it underneath the image that is currently there.

    Please take a look. I know I’m a newb, but I’ve done a lot of troubleshooting on my own successfully, but I can’t seem to figure this one out.

    Thanks in advance!

    Ben

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  • Are these sidebars managed with widgets? If so, there should be a pull-down menu that will allow you to show (and configure) the different sidebars. Make sure you’re looking at the correct one.

    If it’s not widgetized, check to make sure you’re editing the right template file. Without seeing a list of your *.php files, it’s hard to say which one might the correct one. I’ve worked with some themes where the sidebar is actually the header.php, or what looks like the footer is actually the sidebar.php.

    I guess my best advice is to use educated trial and error.

    Good luck.

    Thread Starter bbelack

    (@bbelack)

    @mathechr The sidebar is not widgetized in a way that I can edit and move stuff around. I’m not sure which part of the plugin code to put in the sidebar. Could you help with that? Would you need any files? I could send.

    I’m assuming you’ve dug through settings and options, and read any ReadMe files there might be, if any?

    It might be that the plugin is written to insert itself into the generic “sidebar.php” file, which in your case is likely the middle one. You could try editing the plugin – search for “sidebar.php” and if it’s there, try changing it to the name of your right sidebar’s .php file.

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