Overrode the space template in my theme to add a gear-list sidebar for our hobby community. The theme-override system made it painless — no core edits.
Built a custom space template for our hobby niche
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Tried this on a staging copy first and it behaved exactly as described. Confident enough to roll it to production now.
Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.
For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.