add_panel('blogger_custom_panel', // add panel array( 'title' => __( 'Theme Options', 'blogger' ), 'priority' => 99, ) ); //footer copyrights section $wp_customize->add_section( 'blogger_footer_copyrights', // adds section for copyrights array( 'title' => __( 'Footer Copyrights', 'blogger' ), 'priority' => 98, 'panel' => 'blogger_custom_panel' ) ); $wp_customize->add_setting( 'blogger_copyrights', array( 'default' => '', 'sanitize_callback' => 'blogger_sanitize_text', ) ); // adds setting $wp_customize->add_control('blogger_copyrights', array( // adds control 'label' => __( 'Copyrights Text', 'blogger' ), 'description' => __( 'Your Web Copyrights', 'blogger' ), // adds description 'section' => 'blogger_footer_copyrights', 'type' => 'textarea', ) ); //wp and theme copyrights $wp_customize->add_section( 'blogger_wp_footer_copyrights', array( 'title' => __( 'Wordpress Copyrights', 'blogger' ), 'priority' => 99, 'panel' => 'blogger_custom_panel' ) ); $wp_customize->add_setting( 'blogger_wp_copyrights', array( 'default' => '', 'sanitize_callback' => 'blogger_sanitize_text', ) ); $wp_customize->add_control('blogger_wp_copyrights', array( 'label' => __( 'Wordpress and Theme Url', 'blogger' ), 'section' => 'blogger_wp_footer_copyrights', 'type' => 'textarea', ) ); } //sanitizer for textarea function blogger_sanitize_text( $input ) { return wp_kses_post( force_balance_tags( $input ) ); } add_action( 'customize_register', 'blogger_custom_panel' ); // adds the custom panel