WordPress Basics
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
    • Introduction
  • Accessing your WordPress site
    • Accessing Your Site
    • Logging Into Your Site
    • Resetting Your Password
    • Switching From Dashboard to Live Site
  • Adding content to your site
    • Creating a Post
    • Creating a Page
    • Working with content in the Visual editor
    • Working with code in the Text editor
    • Creating a Link
    • Editing a Link
    • Adding an Image to a Page or Post
    • Wrapping Text Around an Image
    • Editing Image Details
    • Removing an Image From a Page or Post
    • Adding a Featured Image to a Post
    • Deleting a Post
    • Deleting a Page
  • Working with Menus
    • Creating a Menu
    • Adding Pages to a Menu
    • Removing Pages From a Menu
    • Creating a Custom Link Menu item
    • Changing a button label
    • Changing the order of Menu items
    • Creating a fly-out Menu
    • Managing the Menu location
  • Working with Plugins
    • Adding a Plugin to your site
    • Finding plugin instructions
    • Updating your Plugins
    • Deactivating a Plugin
    • Deleting a Plugin
  • Changing the look of your site
    • Adding a theme to your site
    • Changing themes
    • Managing the Menu after switching themes
    • Using the Customizer
    • Working with Widgets
    • Updating your themes
  • Site settings and administration
    • Creating a static front page
    • Creating a page for posts
    • Changing the format of permalinks
    • Changing your password
    • Changing your email address
    • Managing spam comments
    • Updating your WordPress installation
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  1. Changing the look of your site

Working with Widgets

A widgetized area of a WordPress site usually displays Recent Posts, social media icons, a search bar, etc. These widgets often appear in the sidebar of a site. But different themes have different widgetized areas (in the header and/ or footer, for example.)

Widgets are optional.

  1. From the Dashboard, click Appearance and choose Widgets.

  2. On the right, you’ll see the Widgetized areas for your theme. To add a Widget to one of these areas, click the Widget's name.

  3. In the Widget's drop-down list, choose a Widgetized area and click Add Widget.

  4. In the Widgetized area, click the expand button (black arrowhead) to give the Widget a title and/ or tweak its settings.

  5. To remove a Widget, expand it in the Widgetized area and then click the Delete link.

Note: The Widget area does not use a Save or Publish button. View your site in the browser to make sure your Widgets are set up and working correctly.

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