WP Custom Widget area

FAQ

Installation Instructions

1. Upload wp-custom-widget-area to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. click on CWA settings menu at left menu bar

How to use custom widget area?

1. Create a new Widget area.
   1. Click on the “get code” link.
   2. Copy the code and Paste it in a wordpress theme where you want to display it.

How to Use it in page or post content?

1. Click on the “get shortcode” link form table below.
   1. Copy the shortcode and Paste it in a post or page editor where you want to display it.

How to customize widget style?

1. Click on the advance link while creating new widget area and add widget class.
   1. Add custom css targeting your widget area class. i.e.
      .mynewwidgetareaclass a{ color: red; }
      at the bottom of your style.css where “.mynewwidgetareaclass” is your widget area class.

How to edit widget area?

1. scroll down to the widget area table and click on the edit link.
   1. edit the widget area data.
   2. click on the update button to save changes.

How to use menu locations?

1. Create a new Menu Location.
   1. Click on the “get code” link from table below.
   2. Copy the code and Paste it in a wordpress theme where you want to display it.

How to customize menu style?

1. Pass the extra arguments while calling function
   i.e.
   wp_nav_menu( array( ‘theme_location’ => ‘footer-location’, ‘menu_class’ => ‘Cwa-menu’, [arguments] => [‘values’]… ) );
   Cick here to know more about available Parameters.
   [Note: for shortcode pass arguments like [menu theme_location=’footer-location’ ‘menu_class’=’Cwa-menu’ [arguments]=[values]…]
   1. Make sure you have passed custom menu class options i.e. ‘menu_class’ like in above code.
   2. Add custom css targeting your menu_class or container_class etc. i.e.
      .Cwa-menu a{ color: red; }
      at the bottom of your style.css.