How to add widgets to header area?

You’ll need to first register a new widget in functions.php, preferably in a child theme. If you don’t have a functions.php, simply start one with a note editor, add:

<?php
register_sidebar( array(
		'name' => __( 'Before Slider', 'vantage' ),
		'id' => 'Before-Slider',
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
		'after_widget' => '</aside>',
		'before_title' => '<h1 class="widget-title">',
		'after_title' => '</h1>',
	) );

Where you change the ‘Before Slider’ and ‘Before-Slider’ to the name you want to assign this widget, preferably something that will help you remember its location.

Then you’ll need to place the widget where you want, in your case header.php

<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'Before-Slider');?>

Again, do this in a child theme in case you mess up.

After you do this, your widget will appear in the header, but then you have to style it and give it a class, which is more complicated to do and I am still learning about it myself.

These directions may be misguided and I am not a staff of vantage or siteorigin Use at your own risk.

Thanks..

Jose