"Banner Above Post" (#4001374) / PenciDesign

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LillaGreen started the conversation
2 weeks ago on May 18, 2025 at 11:09pm
Hi there,

Is there an easy way to implement a banner (not using JavaScript) that appears at the top of blog posts, but only within a specific category? I’d like to avoid showing it above all posts sitewide. Or is it possible only with a snippet?

Additionally, is there a way to display a sidebar banner only for posts in a certain category?

I’d really appreciate any guidance on how to set this up.

Thank you in advance

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PenciDesign replied

2 weeks ago on May 19, 2025 at 1:45am

Hi,

You should paste this code into the function.php of the child theme or via the CodeSnippet plugin here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/

add_action( 'penci_action_before_the_content', function() {
    $post_id = get_the_ID();
    $post_categories = get_the_category( $post_id );
    $show_ads = false;
    $category_ids = [1, 2, 3]; // add category id here
    foreach ( $post_categories as $category ) {
        if ( in_array( $category->term_id, $category_ids ) ) {
            $show_ads = true;
            break;
        }
    }
    if ( $show_ads ) {
        echo '<div class="penci-ads">insert ad code here</div>';
    }
});

Regards,
PenciDesign.

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LillaGreen replied
2 weeks ago on May 19, 2025 at 10:31pm
hi, thank yoi for your reply.The banner is not Google banner, it is from my customer and I want to place it only on certain categories on the top of a blog post as well as a sidebar. Ho to do it?
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PenciDesign replied
2 weeks ago on May 20, 2025 at 1:30am
Hi,

At this time, there is no available hook to insert content into a specific sidebar widget. You should manually add it via Appearance → Widgets.

The previous code I sent will apply the ads code at the top of posts for specific category IDs.

Regards,
PenciDesign.