Title: cannot add sidebars
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# cannot add sidebars

 *  Resolved [Rob Watson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rcwatson/)
 * (@rcwatson)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-sidebars/)
 * I really wanted to use this, but the ww_dynamic_sidebar(‘sidebar_slug’); does
   nothing at all. I can’t even see how this works since it doesn’t modify anything
   in the functions.php file where all the sidebar declarations are located. Do 
   I have to delete all those or something?

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 *  [Jonathan Daggerhart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daggerhart/)
 * (@daggerhart)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-sidebars/#post-2235328)
 * Hi rcwatson.
 * That code doesn’t create a new sidebar, it displays a sidebar that has already
   been created. The normal way wordpress creates sidebars does not apply to Widget
   Wrangler
 * I highly recommend watching the screencasts on the Widget Wrangler plugin page
   to get started. The first one will walk you through creating a new sidebar and
   placing the code into your template file.
 * Screencasts
 * [Getting Started Screencast](http://screencast.com/t/YjUwNDM3Zjk)
    [Basic Examples w/ Advanced Parsing Screencast](http://screencast.com/t/NjI2NDYzY)
   [Templating & PHP](http://screencast.com/t/YmI2Mjg1NT)
 * Generally, here are the steps:
 * 1) Install Widget Wrangler and you’ll see a new Widget Wrangler Menu in your 
   admin interface.
    2) In that new Widget Wrangler menu on the left in the admin
   interface, click on Sidebars. This is where you’ll create new sidebars. Type 
   the name of your new sidebar into the ‘Create Sidebar’ area of this page and 
   click Create. 3) Once the page refreshes, you’ll should see the sidebar you created
   and it will show the sidebar slug you need to put into the ww_dynamic_sidebar
   function in your template.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Jonathan Daggerhart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daggerhart/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-sidebars/#post-2235328)
 * Status: resolved