Difference between revisions of "Sidebar Widgets in WordPress"

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===Working with sidebar content or "Widgets"===
 
===Working with sidebar content or "Widgets"===
WordPress Widgets allow you to add elements of your site's sidebar
 
 
#From the Dashboard, go to '''Appearance > Widgets'''
 
#From the Dashboard, go to '''Appearance > Widgets'''
 
#Drag and drop the widgets you want to use into the appropriate sidebar container.  
 
#Drag and drop the widgets you want to use into the appropriate sidebar container.  
#Some widgets have settings you can control.
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==Help with Widgets==
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===Help with Widgets===
 
*See http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgets_SubPanel for detailed usage instructions.
 
*See http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgets_SubPanel for detailed usage instructions.
  
  
 
Watch to following video for an introduction to working with widgets in your Wordpress site.
 
Watch to following video for an introduction to working with widgets in your Wordpress site.
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Revision as of 15:24, 8 October 2013

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Add functionality to your site's sidebar(s) using widgets.

Working with sidebar content or "Widgets"

  1. From the Dashboard, go to Appearance > Widgets
  2. Drag and drop the widgets you want to use into the appropriate sidebar container.
  3. Some widgets have settings you can control

Help with Widgets


Watch to following video for an introduction to working with widgets in your Wordpress site.


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