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# Using widgets in WordPress

> Learn how to use widgets in WordPress to quickly and easily add functionality to your site's sidebar. Just follow our easy step-by-step instructions!

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.

## 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
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   > 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](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-blogging-wp-widget-settings-icon.png) 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.
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   > 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.

## More information

For more information about widgets in WordPress, please visit [https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress\_Widgets](https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets).

## Related articles

* [Adding external RSS feeds to your WordPress site](/docs/adding-external-rss-feeds-to-your-wordpress-site)