How to maximise the use of widgets in your wordpress blog

1. How to use widgets in
wordpress
WordPress Widgets

2. Wordpress Widgets
• What is a widget
A widget is a way of displaying all your links,
adds and text in your sidebar without the
need to understand much about how
Wordpress works. There are also a number
of free widgets you can use.

3. Wordpress Widgets
• How to add widgets
You must have a widget enabled template
and if you use Wordpress 2.2 or greater they
should appear in your presentation tab.

4. Wordpress Widgets

5. Wordpress Widgets
• How to add widgets
At the bottom of the screen you will see a
row of available widgets and you simply
drag the widget you want into the Default
Side Bar Box. This will over write your
current sidebar.

6. Wordpress Widgets

7. Wordpress Widgets
Without
Widget

8. Wordpress Widgets
With
Widget

9. Wordpress Widgets
Configure the widget by
clicking here. Many widgets
let you choose different
preferences

10. Wordpress Widgets
• Text widgets
Text Widgets let you add all sorts of added
information and you can use html for forms,
advertising and much more.

11. Wordpress Widgets

12. Wordpress Widgets
Text
Widget

13. Wordpress Widgets
• You can rearrange widgets by dragging
them to different positions
• You can upload new widgets to your
plugin folder
• You can add more text widgets on the
widgets page
• You can customize different widgets with
parameters if included.

14. Wordpress Widgets
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