Only display child pages of current page

Hi Frank,

If you add the following filter to your active theme’s function.php file the menu will display the current page’s children only.

add_filter( 'advanced-sidebar-menu/menus/page/top-parent', 'asm_children_only' ); function asm_children_only( $top ) { if ( is_page() ) { return get_queried_object()->ID; } return $top; }

If you wish to also include the current page you may use the “Display highest level parent page” option. Leaving this option unchecked will not display the current page.

Have a great day!

Hi Frank,

You may target a specific sidebar or widget id by changing the filter to the following:

add_filter( 'advanced-sidebar-menu/menus/page/top-parent', 'asm_children_only', 10, 2 ); function asm_children_only( $top, $args ) { if ( ( 'SIDEBAR_ID_GOES_HERE' === $args['id'] || 'WIDGET_ID_GOES_HERE' === $args['widget_id'] ) && is_page() ) { return get_queried_object()->ID; } return $top; }

• If you wish to target a specific sidebar and you know the id you may change SIDEBAR_ID_GOES_HERE to the id of the sidebar.
  • The will need to match the id your theme uses to register the sidebar.
• If you wish to target a specific widget and you may change WIDGET_ID_GOES_HERE to the id of the widget.
  • You may retrieve this from the markup of the widget (assuming your theme adds an id).
  • Otherwise, if you wish to send a link to the page through the “Private Information” I can take a look and retrieve the widget id for you.

Hi Frank,

It’s a bit tricky to determine the ids because this is an Elementor widget, but give the following a try:

add_filter( 'advanced-sidebar-menu/menus/page/top-parent', 'asm_children_only', 10, 2 ); function asm_children_only( $top, $args ) { if ( ( 'sidebar4' === $args['id'] || 'advanced_sidebar_menu-9' === $args['widget_id'] ) && is_page() ) { return get_queried_object()->ID; } return $top; }

Let me know if it doesn’t work and I’ll spin up an environment with Elementor loaded to see if there is anything unique we can use to target the widget.

Hi Frank,

Do the sub pages have children?

The filter as written will only show child pages of the current page. If you are on a page which does not have children, there is nothing to display.

Hi Frank,

A little creative engineering and the filter can be made to display the current page’s level when the current page has no children:

add_filter( 'advanced-sidebar-menu/menus/page/top-parent', function ( $top, $args ) { if ( ( 'sidebar4' === $args['id'] || 'advanced_sidebar_menu-9' === $args['widget_id'] ) && is_page() ) { if ( ! empty( get_queried_object()->post_parent ) && 0 === count( get_children( get_queried_object()->ID ) ) ) { return get_queried_object()->post_parent; } return get_queried_object()->ID; } return $top; }, 10, 2 );