What are WordPress Widgets?

But if you just want to skip ahead to learn how to add WordPress widgets to your site and then edit them you can click on the links below to jump straight to the. how. part. To add a new WordPress widget via the Customizer you first need to access the WordPress Customizer menu by going to Appearance → Customize. We can't promise you that your theme does but in the next section we'll show you how you can check when you go to add a new widget to your WordPress site.. See beyond the default widgets that come with WordPress themes and plugins can add additional widgets to your toolbox that offer added functionality.. And you can also remove a widget by dragging it back over to the Available Widgets column or just clicking the Delete button in the editing interface more on that in a second..  Read more