Prevent widget from displaying programmatically
While developing the WooCommerce Members Only plugin, I wanted a way to ensure that widgets were only available for certain users. You can do this using the widget_display_callback filter – just return false to prevent the widget content from being rendered.
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| <?php | |
| /** | |
| * This will hide widgets | |
| * @param array $instance The current widget instance's settings. | |
| * @param WP_Widget $this The current widget instance. | |
| * @param array $args An array of default widget arguments. | |
| */ | |
| function wcmo_filter_widget_display_callback( $settings, $widget, $args ) { | |
| $can_access = false; // You need to set your conditions here | |
| if( $can_access || in_array( $widget->name, $whitelist ) ) { | |
| // If the user can view the widget, just return the settings | |
| return $settings; | |
| } | |
| // Otherwise, return false to prevent the widget from rendering | |
| return false; | |
| } | |
| add_filter( 'widget_display_callback', 'wcmo_filter_widget_display_callback', 10, 3 ); |