• Okay, I don’t know if what I want is possible, exists as a plugin, requires direct coding, or is simply impossible. I want to be able to create boxes around certain groups of widgets in the sidebar. I’d like to have the box have a title, and then some sort of visual distinction, whether it is an actual box, or a shaded area, around a set of widgets.

    Right now, I’ve used the Text widget to create a title for the next few widgets below, but this isn’t ideal, as the Text widget’s text is the same size as the text for the titles of the widgets that follow, so it’s not clear that it’s a title for the entire group. Also, it’s hard to make it clear where the group ends and a new group begins.

    Well, I hope that all makes sense. I’ve kept looking for a plugin that could actually do what I want, but I haven’t been able to find anything.

    (My site is currently in development, so it’s not publicly accessible, or I’d post a link. If this issue isn’t solved by the time my site goes live, I’ll post a link then.)

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  • Besides changing the code in the theme directly, it should be possible to use the “text” widget type.
    You would place one before the group of widgets, and one after. Just open a div and give it a class or id (depending on your need), so that you can style it via the css.
    That would even allow you to use the normal widget title function.

    Before-Widget: <div class="mysuperwidget">
    After Widget: </div>

    Haven’t tested that, but can’t think of a reason why it shoudln’t work.

    Thread Starter Snowy_River

    (@snowy_river)

    The use of TEXT widgets to introduce a DIV section around the desired widget group was a nice idea, but it doesn’t seem to work, at least with the theme that I’m using at this point. Wll, I’ll keep trying…

    Thanks for the input!

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