To Create widgets in footer.php Register the footer widget area
register_sidebar( array(
‘name’ => ‘Footer Sidebar 1’,
‘id’ => ‘footer-sidebar-1’,
‘description’ => ‘Appears in the footer area’,
‘before_widget’ => ‘
‘,
‘before_title’ => ‘
‘,
‘after_title’ => ‘
‘,
) );
register_sidebar( array(
‘name’ => ‘Footer Sidebar 2’,
‘id’ => ‘footer-sidebar-2’,
‘description’ => ‘Appears in the footer area’,
‘before_widget’ => ‘
‘,
‘before_title’ => ‘
‘,
‘after_title’ => ‘
‘,
) );
register_sidebar( array(
‘name’ => ‘Footer Sidebar 3’,
‘id’ => ‘footer-sidebar-3’,
‘description’ => ‘Appears in the footer area’,
‘before_widget’ => ‘
‘,
‘before_title’ => ‘
‘,
‘after_title’ => ‘
‘,
) );
Show the footer widget area in the PHP File
<?phpif(is_active_sidebar(‘footer-sidebar-1’)){dynamic_sidebar(‘footer-sidebar-1’);}