To add one of these Widgets to your website, drag it over to one of the Location Areas on the right, and adjust the settings to ensure it will display properly.
The types of Widgets that are displayed here are dependent on the Theme and Plugins that are installed, however the following Widgets will normally appear in any Wordpress installation.
- Archives
- A monthly archive of your site’s posts
- Calendar
- A calendar of your site’s posts
- Categories
- A list or dropdown of categories
- Custom Menu
- Use this widget to add one of your custom menus as a widget.
- Meta
- Log in/out, admin, feed and WordPress links
- Pages
- Your site’s WordPress Pages
- Recent Comments
- Displays the most recent comments if comments are enabled.
- Recent Posts
- The most recent posts on your site
- RSS
- Entries from any RSS feed
- Search
- A search form for your site
- Tag Cloud
- Your most used tags in cloud format
- Text
- Arbitrary text or HTML
- Useful show showing content that isn't possible with the current Available Widgets
The settings that are available for each Widget are dependent on the Widget itself. Sometimes leaving the settings as default is enough to show the information on the Website, while other times, no information will show unless the settings have been filled out correctly.
Learn more about active widgets and inactive widgets
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