Title: Customizing a blog help.
Last modified: May 2, 2019

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# Customizing a blog help.

 *  Resolved [tu586](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tu586/)
 * (@tu586)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-a-blog-help/)
 * So I figured out how to create a blog page and add content to it. _[ redundant
   link removed ]_
 * Now I would like to do a few simple (I think simple?) changes.
 * 1. How do I get rid of the search / archives box on the left side of the page?
 * 2. I would like to add a category menu on the right hand side. This would be 
   categories in which I would include different blogs..How can I do that?
 * 3. Most recent blog section below or above the category menu.
 * Any help / advise will help please.
 * Regards.
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
      Reason: moved from developing to everything else
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcustomizing-a-blog-help%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-a-blog-help/#post-11489783)
 * The stuff on the left is set under APPEARANCE->WIDGETS. Drag away the widgets
   you don’t want to appear, drag in widgets (like “recent posts”) where you’d like
   to see it.
 * If your theme does not support a right sidebar, you could add categories to the
   main menu (at the top level or a secondary one) from APPEARANCE->MENUS.
 *  Thread Starter [tu586](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tu586/)
 * (@tu586)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-a-blog-help/#post-11490176)
 * Thank you!
 * Since I am pretty much learning it takes me a little time to pin point where 
   exactly to find the widgets and move them, but pretty good direction of the page
   to that work.
 * Seems like my theme doesnt have the option of the right hand side bar, so I ended
   up moving the widgets I needed to the old left hand side bar.
 *  [Amit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amitmhr/)
 * (@amitmhr)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-a-blog-help/#post-11491710)
 * Hi there,
 * You can customize your sidebar position from Theme options left or right.
 * In the sidebar, you can adjust the positions of categories and recent posts using
   widgets. go to your dashboard > Appearance > Widgets and drag the things according
   to your need.
 * Hope this helps.

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