Trying to add an ad widget via function with a specific paragraph number

[David Borrink]

I wrote up a function to place an ad widget after a specified number of paragraphs in pages and in posts that have a specific category. My site is based on Genesis Sample 2.3.0. This function uses a snippet I found at https://www.doitwithwp.com/inserts-ads-after-a-few-paragraphs-wordpress/. I registered a widget area and placed the call up of the widget within the function. I'm not getting any results and I'm not sure why. I'm filtering the_content within a conditional of pages and posts of a specific category. I'll paste my code below. Any ideas why I'm not getting results?

// Register adbar widget for to go after a specific paragraph on pages and only a specific category of posts
    register_sidebar( array(
            'name' => __( 'Below Post Title (unit studies) and Page Title Ad Space', 'tto' ),
            'id' => 'post-page-below-title-ad-space',
            'description' => __( 'PAGES AND UNIT STUDY POSTS. Will appear after a specific number of paragraphs.', 'tto' ),
            'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
            'after_widget' => '</aside>',
            'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
            'after_title' => '</h3>',
    ) );    

// place widget after specified paragraph on pages and only posts with the unit-study-activities category

if( is_page() || is_category('unit-study-activities') ) {
    
    add_filter( 'genesis_entry_content' , 'sb_widget_in_the_content' );
    
    function sb_widget_in_the_content () {
        // next line is the paragraph number to specify...
        $show_after_p = 2;
        $content = apply_filters('the_content', $post->post_content);
            if(substr_count($content, '<p>') > $show_after_p)
            {
	           $contents = explode("</p>", $content);
	           $p_count = 1;
	           foreach($contents as $content) {
		          echo $content;
		      if($p_count == $show_after_p) {
		          ?>
                    <div class="content-ad-space">
                        <?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'post-page-below-title-ad-space' ) ) : ?>
                       <?php dynamic_sidebar( 'post-page-below-title-ad-space' ); ?>
                        <?php endif; ?>
                        </div><!-- .content-ad-space--> 
                    <?php
		              }
		         echo "</p>";
		         $p_count++;
                } 
	    }
        else {
        the_content();
        }

    }
    
    }

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[David Borrink]

I wrote up a function to place an ad widget after a specified number of paragraphs in pages and in posts that have a specific category. My site is based on Genesis Sample 2.3.0. This function uses a snippet I found at https://www.doitwithwp.com/inserts-ads-after-a-few-paragraphs-wordpress/. I registered a widget area and placed the call up of the widget within the function. I'm not getting any results and I'm not sure why. I'm filtering the_content within a conditional of pages and posts of a specific category. I'll paste my code below. Any ideas why I'm not getting results?

// Register adbar widget for to go after a specific paragraph on pages and only a specific category of posts
    register_sidebar( array(
            'name' => __( 'Below Post Title (unit studies) and Page Title Ad Space', 'tto' ),
            'id' => 'post-page-below-title-ad-space',
            'description' => __( 'PAGES AND UNIT STUDY POSTS. Will appear after a specific number of paragraphs.', 'tto' ),
            'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
            'after_widget' => '</aside>',
            'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
            'after_title' => '</h3>',
    ) );    

// place widget after specified paragraph on pages and only posts with the unit-study-activities category

if( is_page() || is_category('unit-study-activities') ) {
    
    add_filter( 'genesis_entry_content' , 'sb_widget_in_the_content' );
    
    function sb_widget_in_the_content () {
        // next line is the paragraph number to specify...
        $show_after_p = 2;
        $content = apply_filters('the_content', $post->post_content);
            if(substr_count($content, '<p>') > $show_after_p)
            {
	           $contents = explode("</p>", $content);
	           $p_count = 1;
	           foreach($contents as $content) {
		          echo $content;
		      if($p_count == $show_after_p) {
		          ?>
                    <div class="content-ad-space">
                        <?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'post-page-below-title-ad-space' ) ) : ?>
                       <?php dynamic_sidebar( 'post-page-below-title-ad-space' ); ?>
                        <?php endif; ?>
                        </div><!-- .content-ad-space--> 
                    <?php
		              }
		         echo "</p>";
		         $p_count++;
                } 
	    }
        else {
        the_content();
        }

    }
    
    }

[Victor Font]

Duplicate post. See https://www.studiopress.community/topic/want-to-add-an-ad-widget-after-certain-number-of-paragraphs-via-a-function/

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