Title: Sidebar Spacing Last modified: February 5, 2018 --- # Sidebar Spacing * [mrmckee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmckee/) * (@mrmckee) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/) * Hi, * I’ve used some custom css code to put a background colour in the sidebar widget but there’s a big space under the subscribe button at the very bottom. * What am I doing wrong? * ``` .sidebar .widget { border-bottom: 0px solid #addccc; margin-bottom: 0%; } .sidebar .widget { padding-top: 10px !important; padding-left:10px !important; padding-bottom:0px !important; padding-right:10px !important; } .sidebar .widget { background-color:#addccc !important; } ``` * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsidebar-spacing-5%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9939693) * I can’t replicate the problem, did you resolve this? * Thread Starter [mrmckee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmckee/) * (@mrmckee) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9939714) * No. Can you see what I mean though with the large space below the subscribe button? * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9939718) * Not below the subscribe button. Which browser are you using? * Thread Starter [mrmckee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmckee/) * (@mrmckee) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9939767) * Could it be the mail chimp form maybe? How would I reduce the size of the pudding at the bottom of that? * Thread Starter [mrmckee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmckee/) * (@mrmckee) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9939772) * It looks like that on chrome or on my phone. I’d like the spacing at the bottom to be the same as the top of the side bar. * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9939823) * Can you show us what you see through a screenshot? * Thread Starter [mrmckee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmckee/) * (@mrmckee) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9939872) * [https://drive.google.com/a/hillmortonprimaryschool.com/file/d/1DLtJAjR1VCASgn4CEe7615iMNZWCyINi/view?usp=drivesdk](https://drive.google.com/a/hillmortonprimaryschool.com/file/d/1DLtJAjR1VCASgn4CEe7615iMNZWCyINi/view?usp=drivesdk) * [https://drive.google.com/a/hillmortonprimaryschool.com/file/d/1a6gpcV4M7U9NVMRUxq6XVWPTCrvQhpYa/view?usp=drivesdk](https://drive.google.com/a/hillmortonprimaryschool.com/file/d/1a6gpcV4M7U9NVMRUxq6XVWPTCrvQhpYa/view?usp=drivesdk) * Hopefully you can see these. To of the side bar and bottom of the side bar * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9941181) * I’m afraid I can’t see the first image without logging in and I don’t want to do that, sorry. * Thread Starter [mrmckee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmckee/) * (@mrmckee) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9941703) * sorry Andrew, I’ve made it public, try that. * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9941968) * Oh okay I think I was thinking of a much bigger space, but now I see the space below the subscribe button. * The space is caused by the last paragraph in the widget surrounding the subscribe button. Can you remove that paragraph? * Thread Starter [mrmckee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmckee/) * (@mrmckee) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9942176) * No, it’s a custom HTML widget which literally just has this code in it: * `[mc4wp_form id="146"]` * I haven’t put in an extra paragraph on the form or anything * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9942515) * How are you generating this shortcode? * Thread Starter [mrmckee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmckee/) * (@mrmckee) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9942519) * From the Mail Chimp form that is displayed in the widget. * Thread Starter [mrmckee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmckee/) * (@mrmckee) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9942528) * Oh sorry, so I’m actually generating the shortcode via the MailChimp plugin but there are no options for spacing etc… * [Lap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lapzor/) * (@lapzor) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/#post-9942802) * Hi, * Seems like our MailChimp for WordPress form. * How about * #mc4wp-form-1 p { margin-bottom: 0 !important;} * Hope that helps. If you have any questions, please let us know! Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Sidebar Spacing’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 16 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [mrmckee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmckee/) * Last activity: [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-spacing-5/page/2/#post-9942871) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics