Wordpress - display specific widget
You can use the 'the_widget' function for this:
<?php the_widget($widget, $instance, $args); ?>More information can be found on the Wordpress Codex - The_Widget reference.
This is a good reference as well - Function Reference/dynamic sidebar « WordPress Codex
If you use the method on that page:
<ul id="sidebar"> <?php if ( !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?> <li>{static sidebar item 1}</li> <li>{static sidebar item 2}</li> <?php endif; ?> </ul>You could then use CSS styling to position the sidebar widgets across the footer.
Edit to include the following...
Arras theme CSS:
#footer { margin: 20px auto 0; width: 980px; background: #ECEBE6; padding-bottom: 10px; border: 1px solid #CCC; }#footer .widgetcontainer { padding: 5px 10px; min-width: 150px; }.no-js #footer .widgetcontainer { height: 190px; }#footer .widgettitle { background: none; border: none; font-size: 14px; color: #444; padding: 0 0 10px; letter-spacing: -1px; }#footer .widgetcontent { font-size: 12px; background: none; padding: 0; border: none; }#footer .footer-message { margin: 0; padding: 10px 15px 0; font-size: 11px; }#footer .footer-message p { margin: 0 0 0.5em; }#footer .footer-message .floatright { margin-left: 20px; }#footer-sidebar { overflow: hidden; margin: 10px 10px 0; padding: 0 0 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCC; }#footer-sidebar .widgetcontainer { float: left; margin: 0; max-width: 250px; }#footer-sidebar ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }#footer-sidebar li { margin: 0 0 3px; }Footer coding:
<ul id="footer-sidebar" class="clearfix xoxo"> <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Footer') ) : ?> <li></li> <?php endif; ?></ul>In the theme it then places the widgets across the page.
Please checkout my new plugin that displays a specific widget.