Topic: Show element based on URL

Anonymous
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 am

Hello, just trying out elements for the first time, moving a few JavaScript snippets that we previously added via another plugin.

One snippet I want to show if part of the URL contains one of a number of words/part-of-words (thank, danke etc). This doesn’t seem possible in the admin settings, but I was trying this code https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/elements-block-hook-location-for-specific-url/#post-1669018, however I can’t get it to work. As ID I use the ID from the element page (../wp-admin/post.php?post=7765) and as word I use ‘danke’. However, when I visit the website https://mysite.com/danke/ the script doesn’t show.

Not sure if this function has changed, or what else can be wrong. Location rules (or any other display rules) are empty. Another standard element with location rule set to all pages shows fine.

Any ideas on what could be wrong?

Also, how could I adapt the script (when it works), so that it works with WPML?

– I won’t translate the element into different languages, so it will be using the ID from the base language.
– I want to check for different words in the URL string, not just one.

Thanks!
Ying
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 am

Hi there,

Can you show me your code?

Anonymous

November 27, 2025 at 12:24 pm

Hi Ying, this is what I’m using:

add_filter( 'generate_block_element_display', function( $display, $element_id ) {
    if ( 7765 === $element_id && strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'danke') !== false ) {
        $display = true;
    }
    return $display;
}, 10, 2 );

Ying

November 27, 2025 at 2:02 pm

Are you using a hook element? If so, use generate_element_display filter instead of generate_block_element_display.

add_filter( 'generate_element_display', function( $display, $element_id ) {
    if ( 7765 === $element_id && strpos( strtolower($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']), 'danke' ) !== false ) {
        return true;
    }
    return $display;
}, 10, 2 );

Anonymous
November 28, 2025 at 7:49 am

Hi Ying, excellent, many thanks! Yes I was using the wp_footer hook, when I changed it to generate_element_display, it started showing.

Thanks!
Ying
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 am

Glad to hear that 🙂

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