Title: Adding a Sidebar into Theme
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Adding a Sidebar into Theme

 *  [LMcLaughlin90](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lmclaughlin90/)
 * (@lmclaughlin90)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-sidebar-into-theme/)
 * My websites (www.exchangecapital.com) theme was custom built by a developer who
   did not add any sidebars–or at least any editable ones. In my functions.php file
   I see this code registered:
 * > function exchangecapital_widgets_init() {
   >  register_sidebar( array( ‘name’ 
   > => __( ‘Menu Sidebar Widget Area’ ), ‘id’ => ‘sidebar-menu’, ‘before_widget’
   > => ‘<div class=”icons”>’, ‘after_widget’ => ‘</div>’, ‘before_title’ => ”, ‘
   > after_title’ => ”, ) ); } add_action( ‘widgets_init’, ‘exchangecapital_widgets_init’);
 * However, this sidebar contains only a text widget that makes the three buttons
   seen on the left hand side of the page–therefore not much customization can be
   done here.
 * Without changing my theme, I’d like to add a sidebar into my websites current
   theme for customization purposes.
    Specifically, I’m hoping to create a sidebar
   on the right hand side of my blogs page ([https://www.exchangecapital.com/wealthy-street-blog/](https://www.exchangecapital.com/wealthy-street-blog/))
   to add some widgets and create a better look all around.
 * Can anyone help me out with the implementation? I’m not much of a coder, but 
   have a decent grasp on it. I think with some direction I should be able to edit
   the themes files to get things rolling. ANY advice or feedback is appreciated.
   Thanks in advance!

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