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).
Align main shells to main.container > .content-wrap + .sidebar siblings, drop
content-shell padding on dual-column hosts, and remove route flex overrides that
disabled the negative-margin sidebar math.
kate522
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