Title: Extending Side Bar Width
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Extending Side Bar Width

 *  Resolved [brandonmarshphoto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonmarshphoto/)
 * (@brandonmarshphoto)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extending-side-bar-width/)
 * Can someone help me with extending the overall width of the sidebar to 300px.
   I have completed many searches on this subject and have been unable to find any
   resources to explain this. I played around with the code a bit but I am not entirely
   familiar with CSS. Can this be done? My website is [http://www.brandonmarshphoto.com/blog ](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extending-side-bar-width/www.brandonmarshphoto.com/blog?output_format=md)
   as you can see the ads are slightly cut off so I am assuming it is just under
   300px.

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 *  [Justin Hemker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltuspe/)
 * (@ltuspe)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extending-side-bar-width/#post-5152351)
 * It can be done. This theme uses a grid system with 16 columns totaling to a width
   of 960px. Currently the content area is 640px and the sidebar is 280px (the other
   40px are margins). What you need to do is expand the sidebar and reduce the content
   area the same amount.
 * You can add the following code in a custom css plugin:
 *     ```
       .container_16 .grid_11 {
          width: 620px;
       }
   
       .container_16 .grid_5 {
          width: 300px;
       }
       ```
   
 * Cheers!
 *  Thread Starter [brandonmarshphoto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonmarshphoto/)
 * (@brandonmarshphoto)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extending-side-bar-width/#post-5152533)
 * Thank you, unfortunately, the code didn’t work. I tried it out, but the ads in
   the sidebar are still cut off on the right hand side. I installed custom css 
   plug in and inserted the code. Am I missing a step?
 *  [Justin Hemker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltuspe/)
 * (@ltuspe)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extending-side-bar-width/#post-5152564)
 * I’m not sure this is a styling issue. I’m not seeing any ads in the sidebar but
   I can see the Adsense code and it appears to look ok to me. How long has it been
   since you applied for an Adsense account? Ads will not immediately appear. They
   have an approval process that could take a number of days.
 *  Thread Starter [brandonmarshphoto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonmarshphoto/)
 * (@brandonmarshphoto)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extending-side-bar-width/#post-5152607)
 * I was recently approved for adsense. I can see the ads when I am not logged in
   as well as when I am logged in. They ads appear to be cut off and a few other
   people have said they have seen the ads on the side bar although they never mentioned
   anything was cut off. I did insert that code last night and left it active to
   see if it was just a delay in updating. Not sure what to do. Any recommendations?
   if you’d rather converse via email my contact is _[Redacted]_ Thanks for your
   help though.
 *  Thread Starter [brandonmarshphoto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonmarshphoto/)
 * (@brandonmarshphoto)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extending-side-bar-width/#post-5152608)
 * I should note as well that it does look like the code is updated because if I
   try and highlight the side bar it shows that it is probably 20px larger then 
   it previously was. So I guess the code did work fine I am just not sure why I
   am seeing the ads display this way.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extending-side-bar-width/#post-5152609)
 * Sorry** [@brandonmarshphoto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonmarshphoto/),**
   I know you’d prefer if you continued this conversation privately but you did 
   enter these forums under the condition that support should be provided in a public
   manner – WordPress.org forums are publicly facing. It’s also only fair to the
   people helping out that they aren’t taken advantage of.
 * WordPress.org forums can’t deal with the expectation of commercial support, i.
   e. paying someone for one-on-one support, and so in this instance I recommend
   you seek for help on WP Jobs: [http://jobs.wordpress.net](http://jobs.wordpress.net).
 * Otherwise please keep all support within these forums.
 *  [Justin Hemker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltuspe/)
 * (@ltuspe)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extending-side-bar-width/#post-5152610)
 * Hey Brandon, sorry, I had Ad Blocker turned on. Add this code to your custom 
   css (in addition to what was already added):
 *     ```
       #sidebar .widget {
          width:300px;
        }
        #sidebar {
          padding-left:0;
        }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [brandonmarshphoto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonmarshphoto/)
 * (@brandonmarshphoto)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extending-side-bar-width/#post-5152611)
 * Great! thanks for your assistance all is working fine now.

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