{"id":8,"date":"2024-08-17T19:56:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T18:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/widgets\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2024-12-08T20:22:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T20:22:36","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/widgets\/","title":{"rendered":"About Widgets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Widgets are used to add features and functionality to the sidebar (usually) and other areas of your site. Widget placement is dependent on themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Block Themes, such as Twenty Twenty-four, Twenty Twenty-three and Twenty Twenty-two do not support widgets areas. The functionality is taken over by blocks that you can add to page templates. Some<\/em> of the classic widgets are available as blocks. You can add these to templates or in posts and pages using the Block Editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you change themes your widgets and settings might not be preserved. You can drag your widgets to the Inactive Widgets section of the widgets page in your dashboard to preserve their settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a short screencast, from 2015 explaining widgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n