{"id":39873,"date":"2019-07-19T07:50:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T06:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/?p=39873"},"modified":"2024-02-28T08:25:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T08:25:38","slug":"what-is-widget-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/wordpress-tutorials\/what-is-widget-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Widget in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In WordPress, <strong>widgets<\/strong> are blocks that are dedicated to making a specific function on your website available. Depending on the <a href=\"\/wordpress-tutorials\/install-wordpress-theme\/\">WordPress theme<\/a> that you are using, widgets could be added in all sorts of locations around your website.\u00a0 To achieve that, some themes have more\u00a0<strong>widget areas\u00a0<\/strong>than others.<\/p>\n<p>In short:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>widget area<\/strong> is a container for various types of content<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>widget<\/strong>, on the other hand, is a smaller container that is dedicated to a particular function<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As we mentioned, some themes are adding extra <strong>widget areas<\/strong> on top of the default number that WordPress has. Those extra widget areas could be on the home page, a particular post type, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, the widget areas that you&#8217;ll have by default are the Sidebar, and one to four-footer widget areas.<\/p>\n<p>Not only <strong>widget areas<\/strong>, but <strong>widgets<\/strong> as well could be added by a <strong>theme<\/strong> or a <strong>plugin<\/strong>. Some of the default <strong>WordPress widgets <\/strong>are Categories, Tag cloud, Search, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Some WordPress Widgets offer customization and options such as forms to fill out, including or excludes data and information, optional images, and other customization features.<\/p>\n<p>To add or edit widgets to your website, you need to go to <strong>Appearance<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Widgets.\u00a0<\/strong>Once there, you can easily drag and drop the widgets you want to add or remove.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In WordPress, widgets are blocks that are dedicated to making a specific function on your website available. Depending on the WordPress theme that you are using, widgets could be added in all sorts of locations around your website.\u00a0 To achieve that, some themes have more\u00a0widget areas\u00a0than others. 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