Title: installing widgets…
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# installing widgets…

 *  [lindmar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lindmar/)
 * (@lindmar)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-widgets/)
 * I activate some widgets, well any… and then go back to my site..
    nothing happens,
   no plugin..
 * One is the paypal donate button.
    It just doesnt come up? What am I doin wrong!

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 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-widgets/#post-384723)
 * Activating the plugin is only one step. You still have to position the widget
   in the presentation menu.
 *  Thread Starter [lindmar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lindmar/)
 * (@lindmar)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-widgets/#post-384728)
 * Is that difficult to do?
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-widgets/#post-384733)
 * No. You go to the Presentation Menu, select the Widgets, then drag and drop the
   widget where you want to be on your sidebar. This is rather fundamental to the
   concept of widgets. Have you not put any widgets on your sidebar already?
 * More to the point, have you installed the main [Widgets plugin from automattic.com](http://automattic.com/code/widgets/)
   itself? Are you using a [widget compatible theme](http://widgets.wordpress.com/tag/themes/)?
   These are things you need to do before you can use widgets.
 *  Thread Starter [lindmar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lindmar/)
 * (@lindmar)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-widgets/#post-384748)
 * My bad… missed an important step! Installing the widget plugin
 *  [maragrace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maragrace/)
 * (@maragrace)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-widgets/#post-384956)
 * On a similar note, what would anyone here recommmend for someone who just signed
   up for WordPress, using the latest version, but still I have no Plugin Panel 
   whatsoever! 😮
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-widgets/#post-384957)
 * I’d suggest visiting your previous thread at [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/7643?replies=13](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/7643?replies=13)
 * 😉
 *  [pjteshima](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pjteshima/)
 * (@pjteshima)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-widgets/#post-385280)
 * I downloaded the Widgets Plugin from Automattic and activated it in my admin 
   panel. So far, so good. But when I go to the Presentation Menu, I do not see 
   any widget button or options. Nothing. I am using the Default presentation theme.
   Can you tell what i’m doing wrong

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