Add Content After Any Number of Post Excerpts In Any Type Of Archive

Sep 12, 2013

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In this tutorial, i’ll provide the working code which displays a new widget after any post in any type of archive.

Here’s the screenshot from my local installation of WordPress.

You can easily change the number from 1 for the first post excerpt to any number.

And you can also easily change the conditional tag to suit your own requirements.

The code uses genesis hooks however you can easily change it to something like woo_after or thesis_after. Please check your themes hook reference first.

Widget After First Excerpt On Front Page Archive

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amit

December 1, 2014

Hi Brad

Thanks for the code.
I have used it successfully for few months.
But now its giving problem in chrome browser. the ad is overlapping with the excepts. this problem is not happening in mozilla or internet explorer.
2ndly, your site is not visible in india. it shows error “under maintainence”. so i am checking it via proxy.

Thanks for your valuable tutorials and codes.

Regards
Amit

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1. Brad Dalton
  
  December 1, 2014
  
  Hi Amit
  
  Support information. https://wpsites.net/registration/
  
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John Huotari

October 14, 2014

Brad,

I used a slightly modified version of this code to successfully add a widget after the first post excerpt on category pages.

However, I’ve been unable to replicate it to properly create new unique widgets after the second and third excerpts. I was able to create new Widgets #2 and #3, but they all show up right under Widget #1 (i.e., after post excerpt #1 and not after post excerpt #2 and post excerpt #3).

Ideally, I’d like to be able to replicate your code, or use a modified version of it, to create up to about 10 widget sections in the main content area on category pages. Is that possible?

Here’s the code I used. The first widget works properly, but the second and third don’t.

Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

John Huotari
OakRidgeToday.com

[code]
//* Hook after post excerpt category ad No. 1 on Sept. 19, 2014 */

add_action( ‘genesis_after_entry’, ‘news_after_post_excerpt_category_ad_1’ );

function news_after_post_excerpt_category_ad_1() {
global $post_count;

++$post_count;

if ( ( is_category() ) && 1 == $post_count ) {

if ( is_active_sidebar( ‘after-post-excerpt-category-ad-1’ ) )

genesis_widget_area( ‘after-post-excerpt-category-ad-1’, array(
‘before’ => ”,
‘after’ => ”,
) );

}

}

//* Hook after post excerpt category ad No. 2 on Oct. 13, 2014 */
add_action( ‘genesis_after_entry’, ‘news_after_post_excerpt_category_ad_2’ );

function news_after_post_excerpt_category_ad_2() {
global $post_count;

++$post_count;

if ( ( is_category() ) && 2 == $post_count ) {

if ( is_active_sidebar( ‘after-post-excerpt-category-ad-2’ ) )

genesis_widget_area( ‘after-post-excerpt-category-ad-2’, array(
‘before’ => ”,
‘after’ => ”,
) );

}

}

//* Hook after post excerpt category ad No. 3 on Oct. 13, 2014 */
add_action( ‘genesis_after_entry’, ‘news_after_post_excerpt_category_ad_3’ );

function news_after_post_excerpt_category_ad_3() {
global $post_count;

++$post_count;

if ( ( is_category() ) && 3 == $post_count ) {

if ( is_active_sidebar( ‘after-post-excerpt-category-ad-3-left’ ) || is_active_sidebar( ‘after-post-excerpt-category-ad-3-right’ ) ) {

echo ”;

genesis_widget_area( ‘after-post-excerpt-category-ad-3-left’, array(
‘before’ => ”,
‘after’ => ”,
) );

genesis_widget_area( ‘after-post-excerpt-category-ad-3-right’, array(
‘before’ => ”,
‘after’ => ”,
) );

echo ”;

}

}

}

/** Register after post excerpt ad widget #1 on category pages on Sept. 19, 2014 */
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
‘id’ => ‘after-post-excerpt-category-ad-1’,
‘name’ => __( ‘After Post Excerpt Category Ad One’, ‘news’ ),
‘description’ => __( ‘This is the after post excerpt category ad No. 1.’, ‘news’ ),
) );
/** Register after post excerpt ad widget #2 on category pages on Oct. 13, 2014 */
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
‘id’ => ‘after-post-excerpt-category-ad-2’,
‘name’ => __( ‘After Post Excerpt Category Ad Two’, ‘news’ ),
‘description’ => __( ‘This is the after post excerpt category ad No. 2.’, ‘news’ ),
) );
/** Register after post excerpt ad widget #3 left on category pages on Oct. 13, 2014 */
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
‘id’ => ‘after-post-excerpt-category-ad-3-left’,
‘name’ => __( ‘After Post Excerpt Category Ad Three Left’, ‘news’ ),
‘description’ => __( ‘This is the after post excerpt category ad No. 3 left.’, ‘news’ ),
) );
/** Register after post excerpt ad widget #3 right on category pages on Oct. 13, 2014 */
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
‘id’ => ‘after-post-excerpt-category-ad-3-right’,
‘name’ => __( ‘After Post Excerpt Category Ad Three Right’, ‘news’ ),
‘description’ => __( ‘This is the after post excerpt category ad No. 3 right.’, ‘news’ ),
) );
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1. Brad Dalton
  
  October 15, 2014
  
  Hi John
  
  Try this https://wpsites.net/web-design/add-unique-widgets-after-archive-excerpts/
  
  Reply
  1. John Huotari
    
    October 15, 2014
    
    Thank you, Brad. I’ll take a look, and I very much appreciate it.
    
    John
    
    Reply
Eli Overbey

February 14, 2014

Thanks for all the help. Works great.

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Michael

February 10, 2014

Works well but there is some blank space, how could I get rid of that?

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1. Brad Dalton
  
  February 10, 2014
  
  Simply use Firebug to inspect the white space and find the class and change the values for padding and/or margins.
  
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Michael

February 10, 2014

Great stuff, thanks for sharing!

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Bob Roman

September 12, 2013

It’s the first time I see this tutorial regarding the Genesis framework…quite good. I remember I asked somebody how do they show content between archive posts and I’ve been told “it’s something custom made”. Glad I found out how to do it.

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1. Brad Dalton
  
  September 13, 2013
  
  Hi Bob
  
  You can also use that code on any theme simply by changing the hook from genesis_after_entry to a WordPress hook or a theme specific hook.
  
  Thanks for the comment.
  
  Reply