Title: Add widget area
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Add widget area

 *  [grassfedjeremy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grassfedjeremy/)
 * (@grassfedjeremy)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-widget-area-1/)
 * Hello I wish to add a widget area to the right of my site, how do I do that?
 * deskmagick.com

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 *  [WEN Solutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wen-solutions/)
 * (@wen-solutions)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-widget-area-1/#post-6809436)
 * Hello [@grassfedjeremy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grassfedjeremy/),
   
   you have to register the sidebar area first, reference link can be: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_sidebar](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_sidebar)
 * – After that, make a page called ‘sidebar-right.php’ where call a function
    `
   <?php dynamic_sidebar('sidebar-id');?>`. Now, drag the widgets in the sidebar
   made above at the backend.
 * – Lastly, call `<?php get_sidebar('right');?>` in the section where you need 
   the sidebar.
 * Note: put actual sidebar-id of the sidebar created above in the function dynamic_sidebar.
 * Hope that helps!
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [grassfedjeremy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grassfedjeremy/)
 * (@grassfedjeremy)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-widget-area-1/#post-6809444)
 * How do you open sidebar.php?
 * Call a function, what is call?
 * Drag widgets made above backend? How do I navigate to that page to do that?
 * Thank you!
 *  [WEN Solutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wen-solutions/)
 * (@wen-solutions)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-widget-area-1/#post-6809449)
 * > sidebar-right.php
 *  : You have to create a page whose name would be ‘sidebar-right.php’ inside your
   theme folder.
 * > Call a function
 * : Means you have to paste those functions that i have mentioned in above reply
   in the appropriate place as mentioned above.
 * > Drag widgets
 * : Go to your WordPress back-end, after that mouse over on ‘Appearance’ at left
   and click on ‘Widgets’. There you will see the sidebar area that you have created
   as i have described above.
 * Please follow the above steps carefully and you will get succeed.
    Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [grassfedjeremy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grassfedjeremy/)
 * (@grassfedjeremy)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-widget-area-1/#post-6809542)
 * Alright, got it, what about my style css? How do I place it left of my main post?
   I do not want it to be attached to the main content body

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