Sidebar visibility had two disconnected decisions: the body site-layout-*
class (via aksrt_is_show_sidebar_filter) only checked widget activity for
singles, while the homepage aside renderer skipped the column and
sidebar.php rendered an empty one. With the toggle on and no widgets, the
homepage kept a reserved gutter and squeezed the main content aside.
- collapse every scene to no-sidebar when the sidebar widget stack is empty
- resolve home_sidebar before the page branch so a static front page is
checked against the zones the homepage renders
- guard the homepage aside with aksrt_is_show_sidebar() alone and drop the
duplicate aksrt_homepage_has_sidebar gate
- early-return sidebar.php instead of rendering an empty column
- drop dead code: archive helper $preferred param, wp_is_mobile fallback,
container--no-sidebar class, unreachable front-page fallback
- update post-visual-contract to pin the single visibility decision
Verification: php -l on all changed files; node --test
tests/widget-system/*.test.cjs 242/243 (the toast-contract failure is
pre-existing and unrelated).
Wire settings-driven sidebar visibility and body site-layout classes,
replace content-layout CSS grid with Zibll float geometry, move sidebar
DOM to content-wrap sibling across single/archive/page/home, and add
post meta show_layout overrides.
Restore Zibll float dual-column shell, fix single settings DTO key mapping,
reorder article footer/actions, and match author bar, prev/next, title/body
typography, and limit-height expand UX.
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