Joomla: How to add module position within the module or component layout template?
In your site template, you can use something like this to load modules in certain positions: <jdoc:include name="position-0" type="modules" /> You can't use the above markup within the module or component layout template (we are talking about the php files inside /tmpl subdirectory of your module or component's view). But there is a workaround. Method 1: This is a straight Joomla code. You can use the following code to load modules within the module or component layout templates: <?php $document = &JFactory::getDocument(); $renderer = $document->loadRenderer('modules'); $position = 'position-0'; $options = array('style' => 'raw'); echo $renderer->render($position, $options, null); ?> This will load the modules that are assigned in "position-0" position. Method 2: There is another method using an extension if you don't want to write all those lines of code. You