Snippet: Replace Header Aside Content with Widgets

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This snippet will specifically for developers looking to do this task with code. Instead you could register a new custom sidebar via the Custom Widget Areas Panel and then insert the WPBakery [[vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id="YOUR_SIDEBAR_ID"]] shortcode into the Customizer's header aside content box instead.

This snippet will register a new "Header Aside" widget area under Appearance > Widgets or Customize > Widgets which you can use to add widgets to the header aside area.

// Register new sidebar area - you could also do this via Appearance > Widget Areas.
add_action( 'widgets_init', function() {
	register_sidebar( array(
		'name'          => esc_html__( 'Header Aside', 'total' ),
		'id'            => 'header_aside',
		'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s clr">',
		'after_widget'  => '</div>',
		'before_title'  => '<span class="widget-title">',
		'after_title'   => '</span>',
	) );
} );

// Replace header aside content with widgets if the widget area isn't empty.
function myprefix_modify_header_aside_content( $content ) {
	$header_aside_widgets = '';
	ob_start();
		dynamic_sidebar( 'header_aside' );
	$header_aside_widgets = ob_get_clean();
	if ( $header_aside_widgets ) {
		$content = $header_aside_widgets;
	}
	return $content;
}
add_filter( 'totaltheme/header/flex/aside/content', 'myprefix_modify_header_aside_content' );
add_filter( 'totaltheme/header/aside/content', 'myprefix_modify_header_aside_content' );
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