Title: blog page width
Last modified: February 27, 2017

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# blog page width

 *  Resolved [Sheona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sheona/)
 * (@sheona)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-page-width/)
 * Another question, another thread (sorry!)
 * Is it possible to have a side-bar widget area on the posts page? The page doesn’t
   have a ‘default template’ option, or any option. If it’s not possible, can I 
   reduce its width another way? – [http://www.shospace.co.uk/blog](http://www.shospace.co.uk/blog)
 * Also, I changed the font-size overall with this bit of css:
 * .entry-content {
    font-size: 90%; }
 * But this hasn’t affected anything in block-quotes on the blog – can I make it
   do this?
 * Thanks again,
    Sheona

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 *  [Chad Chadbourne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shireling/)
 * (@shireling)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-page-width/#post-8859036)
 * Hi [@sheona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sheona/)!
 * > Is it possible to have a side-bar widget area on the posts page? The page doesn’t
   > have a ‘default template’ option, or any option. If it’s not possible, can 
   > I reduce its width another way?
 * The posts page on Sketch should show the sidebar automatically, provided it has
   widgets assigned to it.
 * Have you made any changes to the theme (or a child theme) that might have removed
   the sidebar from the posts page?
 * If toggle the Front Page setting under Settings > Reading, does that help?
    –
   Change the front page to “Your latest posts” – Save the changes – Change the 
   front page back to “A Static Page” – Save the changes – Test the posts page
 *  [Chad Chadbourne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shireling/)
 * (@shireling)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-page-width/#post-8859046)
 * > Also, I changed the font-size overall with this bit of css … But this hasn’t
   > affected anything in block-quotes on the blog
 * Blockquotes have their own size, defined separately.
 *     ```
       blockquote {
           font-size: 1.25em;
       }
       ```
   
 * Add that CSS and change the font size to increase/decrease the size of blockquote
   text.
 *  Thread Starter [Sheona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sheona/)
 * (@sheona)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-page-width/#post-8925693)
 * Hi Chad
 * Just taken a while to tinker with things – the blockquote CSS is perfect thanks.
 * But I still can’t get the posts page to display widgets assigned to it. I tried
   what you suggested above but it didn’t work. Also if I deactivate the assignment
   of posts to that page (under the Settings > Reading options, then the side-bar
   area appears with widgets assigned, but obviously the blog entries are gone.
 * Are my posts doing something hidden to the page setting? They were imported with
   the WordPress Importer plugin from the same site but a previous theme.
 * Thanks,
    Sheona
 *  Thread Starter [Sheona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sheona/)
 * (@sheona)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-page-width/#post-8925813)
 * Also, I tried creating a new page and assigned the posts to that, but it didn’t
   work either…
 *  [Chad Chadbourne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shireling/)
 * (@shireling)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-page-width/#post-8927633)
 * It looks and sounds like something is hiding those widgets.
 * Some more ideas:
 * 1. Perhaps this page was set to use the Full Width, No Sidebar template?
    – change
   Settings > Reading > Front Page Displays to Y**our latest posts** – Edit the 
   Blog page – Look under Page Attributes, make sure the **Default Template** is
   selected under Page Attributes. – Change the Front Page Displays setting back
 * 2. If you’re using Jetpack, you may have Widget Visibility settings in play.
   –
   In your Customizer, open the blog page. – Open Widgets > Sidebar – Are the widgets
   grayed out? – Open a widget and click on Widget Visibility. Remove or update 
   the visibility rules, if any have been set.
 * Some of the above options may not be there if you don’t have Jetpack open, or
   if that module isn’t turned on. When I tested your site on the Jetpack debugger,
   it didn’t find a connection, but it looks like the plugin might be active on 
   your site?
 * 3. A different plugin conflict.
    – Try disabling all of your site’s plugins –
   Load the blog page – If the sidebar appears, turn plugins back on one by one 
   until you’ve found the culprit
 * Let me know what you find with these tests 🙂

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-page-width/#post-8927633)
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