Widgets are tools that you can use to add, arrange and display content in your blog sidebars. Common content displayed in blog sidebars include blogroll, tag clouds, categories and monthly archives.
Every newly created blog has the same default widgets in its sidebars (as shown below).
The left sidebar has a text widget with helpful tips, category and archive widget while the right sidebar contains Search, Recent posts (Latest posts), links, and the Edublogs badge.
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To change your sidebar widgets
1. Go to Appearance > Widgets in your Dashboard
2. Click on the desired Sidebar to expand (so you can add the widgets)
3. To add a widget, drag it from the Available Widgets or Inactive Widgets areas on the left into the Sidebar area on the right
- You drag by click on the widget with your left mouse and moving the widget.
4. Drop the widget when you see a dashed line appear – this indicates the widget is in place
- You drop the widget by releasing your left mouse.
5. The widget will automatically open — just configure, click Save and then Close.
6. To open and close a widget click the small arrow on the right side of the widget.
7. To remove a widget from a sidebar click Delete.
- this removes the widget and places it in the Inactive Widget area while keeping all their settings.
