get_sidebar

Syntax

get_sidebar(
	string $specific_template_name = null
);

WordPress codex

Description

This construct fires the event get_sidebar and then locates the template to be loaded. If a specific template name was supplied when calling this function, it will search for sidebar-{$specific_template_name}.php; else it searches for sidebar.php. If the template is found, then it’s loaded; otherwise, WordPress loads the default theme template is loaded from wp-includes/theme-compat/header.php.

Parameters

specific_template_name

optional The name of the specific sidebar you want to find and load. Remember not to include “sidebar-“; rather, it’s just the partial name of the PHP file.

Return Values

This function does not return anything.