In wordpress, how remove search widget from sidebar

Question

$registered_sidebars = wp_get_sidebars_widgets(); get an output like this

Array
    (
         [sidebar] => Array
            (
                [0] => search-2
                [1] => recent-posts-2
                [2] => recent-comments-2
                [3] => archives-2
                [4] => categories-2
                [5] => meta-2
                [6] => advanced_sidebar_menu_category-2
                [7] => advanced_sidebar_menu-3
            )

    )

i want to remove search-2 from array, attempted like this

unregister_sidebar( 'search-2' ); 

but not works

Answer 1

unregister_sidebar Unregisters sidebars, not sidebar widgets. 'search-2' is not a sidebar, rather a widget.

wp_get_sidebars_widgets lists the active widgets. If you want to remove 'search-2' from the array returned by wp_get_sidebars_widgets simply go the Appearance > Widgets in the dashboard and "delete" the search widget from the sidebar.

Edit: To hide a widget on a specific page you can use a plugin like Display Widgets , Widget Logic , or Jetpack .

Programmatic-ally, there are several options.

You can use either use different sidebars for different pages. You can include a specific sidebar using the get_sidebar .function on the template page. Just put in the alternate sidebar name.

You can also use the 'sidebars_widgets' filter.

add_filter( 'sidebars_widgets', 'disable_search_widget' );

function disable_search_widget( $sidebars_widgets ) {

    if ( is_home() && is_array($sidebars_widgets['primary-widget-area']) ) {
            foreach($sidebars_widgets['primary-widget-area'] as $i => $widget) {
                if(strpos($widget, 'search-2') !== false) {
                    unset($sidebars_widgets['primary-widget-area'][$i]);
                }
            }

    }

    return $sidebars_widgets;
}

Edit 2 Slight change to the code above. Should prevent error.

Answer 2

The above solution is great but if you are not convenient on using php, the easiest way actually is to use css and just hide the search widget :

.widget.widget_search{ display:none; }

So if you want to hide it on homepage only you can use something like this :

body.home .widget.widget_search{ display:none; }

Hope this would help you ;)

Cheers, phpbits

Answer 3

It works for me. Deregister all widgets from sidebar. You have to call it once, for example in after_switch_theme action

add_action('after_switch_theme', 'deregister_sidebar_widgets');
function deregister_sidebar_widgets () {   
    $sidebar_widgets = wp_get_sidebars_widgets();
    if (isset($sidebar_widgets['sidebar'])) {
       foreach($sidebar_widgets['sidebar'] as $i => $widget) {
           unset($sidebars_widgets['sidebar'][$i]);
        }
        wp_set_sidebars_widgets($sidebar_widgets);
    }
}