Sidebar Subscribe Widget not showing in category view in Wordpress

[Matt Zadeh]

Hi All,

I recently started using the sidebar "subscribe to podcast" widget, and am noticing that when I go to a category page in wordpress, the widget no longer diplays.  Any ideas?  Here's my site: http://www.loadheat.com  and if you check the Home or Videos page, you'll see it works fine.  However, if you go to Podcast or Blod (both category pages), it doesn't appear.

[Shawn Thorpe]

Looking at your site, it appears the Videos page may be a WordPress Page (in other words, a static page created with the WordPress Page function) whereas the Podcast and Blog sections are WordPress Category Archives. Your theme was probably set up in such a way that it's "blocking" the PowerPress widget from being displayed. Check and see if the theme has any specific display settings for category archives or check the code in the individual theme files.

[Matt Zadeh]

I see no theme options that affect category or archive posts in my theme, and here's all there is to my archive.php:

?php get_header(); ?>

<?php // Get Theme Options from Database
   $theme_options = dynamicnews_theme_options();
?>

   <div id="wrap" class="container clearfix">
      
      <section id="content" class="primary" role="main">
      
         <?php if ( function_exists( 'themezee_breadcrumbs' ) ) themezee_breadcrumbs(); ?>
         
         <header class="page-header">
            <?php
               the_archive_title( '<h2 class="archive-title">', '</h2>' );
               the_archive_description( '<div class="archive-description">', '</div>' );
            ?>
         </header>
         
         <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
         
            get_template_part( 'content', $theme_options['posts_length'] );
         
            endwhile;
            
         dynamicnews_display_pagination();

         endif; ?>
         
      </section>
      
      <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
   </div>
   
<?php get_footer(); ?>

[Matt Zadeh]

Also note all other sidebar widgets work as intended

[Shawn Thorpe]

The lead developer for PowerPress is looking into this to see if it might e a beg with the plugin. We'll report back here when we know more. In the meantime, you might also want to have a look and see if your WordPress installation has a sidebar.php file and if there's anything there that specifically references category archives

[Matt Zadeh]

Thank you for the reply!

I'm noticing the shortcode for the subscribe button is the culprit, and thought the theme might be causing the issue, but other shortcodes show up just fine in the sidebar.

[Shawn Thorpe]

Please reply with an exact copy of the shortcode you're having trouble with in the sidebar.

[Matt Zadeh]

[powerpress_subscribe]

[mgdell]

I believe that shortcode only works in pages or posts.  Not the sidebar widgets.

-Mike

[Matt Zadeh]

I believe that shortcode only works in pages or posts.  Not the sidebar widgets.

-Mike

However it is in the sidebar on all my other pages, just the 2 category pages aren't registering it

[angelo]

Hello Matt,

I have been testing this extensively the past few weeks and cannot duplicate. Can you email me some additional details of your configuration so I can try to duplicate. cio [at] rawvoice dot com.

Thanks!