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john boose
5,073 PointsWordpress Archive Page from Sidebar Widget
I need to add a widget to my wordpress site that contains text and image. The text will be updated with new text/image on a regular basis. The tricky part is that each new entry will link to another site, but I want all the entries to automatically be added to an archive page that lives on my site, and I need to have a link to the archive page at bottom of widget. I'm not sure if I need a plugin or if this is even possible as a widget. Hope this makes sense. Any help would be great as I'm new to wordpress.
Thanks!
3 Answers
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherIt sounds like you need to make this a custom post entry. Create an archive page that lists out what you need.
Then in your sidebar you could write a custom loop that pulls in whichever entry is appropriate to display. You could have a link to the archive page underneath it and if an external URL is one of the custom post fields you could also link out from your site if you need.
john boose
5,073 PointsThanks, Zac! I'm new to wordpress so I'll have to learn how to make a custom post entry. Any tutorials that you would recommend. BTW - I enjoy your videos.
john
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherYup, check out the How to Make a Website with WordPress course it has a whole section on custom posts and fields.
john boose
5,073 Pointsgreat, thanks