Widgets are used to add content, features and functionality to the sidebar (usually) of your blog. Widget placement is dependent on themes.

Widgets are useful as they can display on every page and post of a selection of pages and posts. the is general help Widgets on Glow Blog Help along with examples of many of the widgets. The Jetpack plugin adds more widgets if it is activated and the Extra Sidebar Widget module is turned on. More information: Extra Sidebar Widgets – Jetpack.

Widgets can be displayed on pages and posts if you are using the Block Editor or  Make Theme, we have added a selection below. There are a couple more on the Aggregation page.