Registering Locations

To support Elementor Locations, the theme needs to register supported location in the functions.php file. Theme developers can support all core locations, support some locations or create their own custom locations.

To register new locations we need to hook to the elementor/theme/register_locations action and use either the register_all_core_location() method to register all the locations or the register_location() method to register custom locations.

Registering All Locations

Registering all core locations is done using the following code:

function theme_prefix_register_elementor_locations( $elementor_theme_manager ) {

	$elementor_theme_manager->register_all_core_location();

}
add_action( 'elementor/theme/register_locations', 'theme_prefix_register_elementor_locations' );

Registering Some Locations

Registering some of the core locations is done using the following code:

function theme_prefix_register_elementor_locations( $elementor_theme_manager ) {

	$elementor_theme_manager->register_location( 'header' );
	$elementor_theme_manager->register_location( 'footer' );
	// $elementor_theme_manager->register_location( 'single' );
	// $elementor_theme_manager->register_location( 'archive' );

}
add_action( 'elementor/theme/register_locations', 'theme_prefix_register_elementor_locations' );

Registering New Locations

Creating your own locations is done using the following code:

function theme_prefix_register_elementor_locations( $elementor_theme_manager ) {

	$elementor_theme_manager->register_location(
		'main-sidebar',
		[
			'label' => __( 'Main Sidebar', 'theme-name' ),
			'multiple' => true,
			'edit_in_content' => false,
		]
	);

}
add_action( 'elementor/theme/register_locations', 'theme_prefix_register_elementor_locations' );

Let’s see what each argument does:

• label (string) – The location label in Elementor.
• multiple (bool) – Whether to display all the template belong to this location (true) or only the best match (false). Default is false, to display the best match template in the location.
• edit_in_content (bool) – Whether to this template is edited in the content area or the theme uses this location in the layout. Default is true, edit in the content area.