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This article describes how to use widgets in WordPress. Widgets are a quick and easy way to add functionality to a WordPress sidebar. WordPress includes several widgets by default, such as a calendar, RSS feed parser, tag cloud generator, and more. Additionally, many WordPress plugins install their own widgets.

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Using widgets

To get started using WordPress widgets, follow these steps:
  1. Log in to WordPress as the administrator.
  2. In the left pane, click Appearance, and then click Widgets. The Widgets page appears.
  3. To add a widget to the sidebar, drag a widget from the Available Widgets section over to the Widget Area section.
    👍 Tip You can rearrange the order of widgets in the sidebar. To do this, drag and drop a widget within the
    Widget Area section to its new position.
  4. To configure a widget in the Widget Area section, click the WordPress - Widget settings icon icon. Configuration options appear that are specific to the widget you select.
  5. To remove a widget from the sidebar, drag the widget from the Widget Area section over to the Available Widgets section.
    👍 Tip Alternatively, you can drag the widget from the
    Widget Area section over to the
    Inactive Widgets section. When you do this, WordPress saves your configuration settings for the widget.

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More information

For more information about widgets in WordPress, please visit https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets.