Conditionally show an Elementor section - A demo of how to conditionally show an Elementor section using the section ID and class. https://www.damiencarbery.com/2022/05/conditionally-show-an-elementor-section/

conditional-section-display-elementor.php

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Conditionally show an Elementor section
Plugin URI: https://www.damiencarbery.com/2022/05/conditionally-show-an-elementor-section/
Description: A demo of how to conditionally show an Elementor section using the section ID and class.
Author: Damien Carbery
Author URI: https://www.damiencarbery.com
Version: 0.2
*/


defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit;


class ConditionallyDisplayElementorSection {
	private static $instance;
	
	private $conditional_section;  // CSS class of sections that will be examined.
	private $today;  // Full text for day of week - will be section ID.


	// Returns an instance of this class. 
	public static function get_instance() {
		if ( null == self::$instance ) {
			self::$instance = new ConditionallyDisplayElementorSection();
		} 
		return self::$instance;
	}


	// Initialize the plugin variables.
	public function __construct() {
		// CSS class of sections that will be examined.
		$this->conditional_section = 'day_of_week';

		// Full text for day of week - Sunday through Saturday.
		$this->today = date( 'l' );

		$this->init();
	}


	// Set up WordPress specfic actions.
	public function init() {
		// Examine user meta to determine whether to display sections that have the $conditional_section class.
		add_filter( 'elementor/frontend/section/should_render', array( $this, 'whether_to_display_section' ), 10, 2 );
	}
	
	function whether_to_display_section( $should_render, $section ) {
		if ( is_admin() ) { return $should_render; }  // Display when in Dashboard (when editing the page).

		$settings = $section->get_settings_for_display();

		// Check if the section's CSS classes contains $conditional_section class before comparing
		// the ID against the current day of the week.
		if ( false !== strpos( $settings['css_classes'], $this->conditional_section ) ) {
			if ( $this->today != $settings['_element_id'] ) {
				return false;
			}
			
			// Note: You can add different tests here e.g. whether user is logged in or has certain privileges etc
		}

		return $should_render;
	}	
}

$ConditionallyDisplayElementorSection = new ConditionallyDisplayElementorSection();