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WordPress Widgets is like a plugin, but designed to provide a simple way to arrange the various elements of your sidebar content (known as "widgets") without making any change in the code.
To add widgets in your WordPress Templates, login to WordPress as administrator, by simply entering the url_of_your_website/wp-admin in your Browser. Enter the appropriate username and password {which was provided while installing Wordpress} and then click on Log In as shown in Diagram 1.
Diagram 1
After logging in as WordPress Admin, a Dashboard page opens as shown in Diagram 2.
The Dashboard provides access to different WordPress functions and features.
Diagram 2
In the left menu, locate the link Appearance. Click on Appearance as shown in Diagram 3.
Diagram 3
From the drop down menu that appears click on Widgets as shown in Diagram 4.
Diagram 4
The Widgets page is displayed as shown in Diagram 5. There are few widgets available in WordPress such as:
Archives, Custom Menu, Calendar, Categories, Recent Posts, Recent Comments, Meta, Search and so on.
On the right hand side there are available widget areas in your WordPress Template. It may vary according to your Template design.
Diagram 5
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