how to remove double sidebars?

[design_agency]

hey all–

i've got a CPT for my staff page and i've followed this tutorial to get a sidebar in there. it worked perfectly with one exception, i can't seem to get rid of the genesis primary sidebar, even though i've got this in there: remove_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'genesis_do_sidebar' );

code below, anyone have any ideas?

thanks in advance,
emily

// Register new sidebar for teachers page
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id' => 'teacher-sidebar',
	'name' => 'Teacher Sidebar',
	'description' => 'This is the sidebar for the teacher page.',
) );

add_action('get_header','da_change_genesis_sidebar');
function da_change_genesis_sidebar() {
    if ( is_archive('staff')) { 
        remove_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'genesis_do_sidebar' ); 
        add_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'da_do_sidebar' ); 
    }
}

//Function to output my custom sidebar
function da_do_sidebar() {
	dynamic_sidebar( 'teacher-sidebar' );
}

http://mariposa.design-agency.org/staff/

[design_agency]

checking back in on this question as i've been racking my head trying to figure it out. im most confused since i tried unregistering the sidebar as a test in both functions.php file and archive-staff.php to no avail.

would very much appreciate a bump in the right direction... thanks!

[Matt Mizwicki]

I've had the same problem multiple times. Do you happen to have Genesis Simple Sidebars on the site? Or maybe Genesis Connect for WooCommerce?

If so, they add their own Primary Sidebar with a different name. They can be removed like this...

remove_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'ss_do_sidebar', 100 ); // remove the Genesis simple sidebars sidebar
remove_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'genesis_do_sidebar', 100 ); //remove the default genesis sidebar
remove_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'gencwooc_ss_do_sidebar' ); //remove the Genesis Connect for Woo Sidebar

If that's not it, try keeping
remove_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'genesis_do_sidebar' );
and then deactivate plugins one at a time until sidebar is gone. When you find out which plugin is causing the issue, you should be able to google how to remove the primary sidebar specific to that plugin.

[design_agency]

ah! thanks mm0233, you totally put me on the right track. it was simple sidebars for sure, it just took me a while to figure out where to hook the fix. all is working as it should!

[Matt Mizwicki]

The same issue had me confused for weeks when it first happened!

Glad it worked out for you!

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