I'm creating a WordPress child theme and need to overwrite certain widget templates. I'm trying to use this method to override the parent theme call: The Right Way to Override Theme Functions.
However, I currently get this error:
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare hickory_homepage_load_widget() (previously declared in C:\wamp\www\greenpeaceNewBlog\wp-content\themes\gp-blog\inc\widgets\homepage_widget.php:8) in C:\wamp\www\greenpeaceNewBlog\wp-content\themes\hickory\inc\widgets\homepage_widget.php on line 10
The parent theme functions.php calls the templates like this:
include("inc/widgets/homepage_widget.php");
The homepage_widget.php file contains this:
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'hickory_homepage_load_widget' );
function hickory_homepage_load_widget() {
register_widget( 'hickory_homepage_widget' );
}
I have a child theme duplicate widget directory (stylesheet_directory/inc/widgets/..) and a child theme functions.php. In my child functions.php, I have written this:
// Remove the default Thematic blogtitle function
function remove_hickory_widgets() {
remove_action('widgets_init', 'hickory_homepage_load_widget');
}
// Call 'remove_thematic_actions' (above) during WP initialization
add_action('init','remove_hickory_widgets');
include("inc/widgets/homepage_widget.php");
Please help :)
Cheers