Title: Widgets
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Widgets

 *  Resolved [hidalgm2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hidalgm2/)
 * (@hidalgm2)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-178/)
 * Hi,
    I’m trying to change the appearance of the website to show the main page
   with just a row of articles with the title and excerpt of the article, of which
   there are many. I looked up how to do this on the WordPress website but I don’t
   have a tab on the left that says “Appearance” and I cannot access Widgets. Do
   I have to purchase an additional service from WordPress?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rss-aggregator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rss-aggregator/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Mark Zahra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markzahra/)
 * (@markzahra)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-178/#post-6244698)
 * Hi hidalgm2,
 * Not having the Appearance section in your Dashboard is not something that normally
   occurs. Are you sure you are an admin for this particular website? If not you
   probably won’t be able to access it. If you are an admin it would be best to 
   look through the [WordPress.org support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/)
   for similar issues, then check out the solutions that others found.
 * As for displaying the posts as you mentioned, if the posts are your own then 
   you can do this through your theme’s settings. As long as it supports excerpts
   you should be able to set the homepage as your blog page, listing the title and
   excerpt of each post.
 * If on the other hand the posts are being imported by WP RSS Aggregator or any
   other plugin, you will need to use any shortcode or other means offered by that
   plugin. With WP RSS Aggregator you can use the Excerpts & Thumbnails add-on to
   import any RSS feeds onto your site, then use the [shortcodes](http://www.wprssaggregator.com/docs/shortcodes/)
   to display a list of posts [as shown here](http://www.wprssaggregator.com/demo-excerpts-thumbnails/),
   each linking to their original source.
 * To import the posts directly to your site you could then use the [Feed to Post](http://www.wprssaggregator.com/extension/feed-to-post/)
   add-on or possibly the [Advanced Feeds Bundle](http://www.wprssaggregator.com/extension/advanced-feeds-bundle/),
   both of which can be tested out using [our demo](http://www.wprssaggregator.com/demo-feed-post/).

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## Tags

 * [appearance](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/appearance/)
 * [excerpt](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/excerpt/)
 * [title page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/title-page/)
 * [widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widgets/)

 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Mark Zahra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markzahra/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-178/#post-6244698)
 * Status: resolved