Title: Widgets in itheme
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Widgets in itheme

 *  [pilarski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pilarski/)
 * (@pilarski)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-in-itheme/)
 * Hi
 * I’m (relatively) new to WordPress. I’m using 2.2.2 with the iTheme. My problem
   is this:
    If you create different categories under Blogroll, in other themes 
   they make a new box in the sidebar. So if I went to Blogroll in control panel
   and made a new link called “George” under the category “Friends”, on my blog 
   there should be a new box in the sidebar called Friends with a link called George.
   But no such thing happens under iTheme. I only get one box called “Links” under
   which all links appear that I made in Blogroll. Can anyone help me?
 * I’ve tried to install new widgets too, but I’m not sure how to do this in 2.2.2(
   I’ve previously used only the free wordpress blogs so please be patient).
 * Thanks.
 * [http://lukepilarski.com](http://lukepilarski.com)

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 *  Thread Starter [pilarski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pilarski/)
 * (@pilarski)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-in-itheme/#post-610982)
 * Ok. I’ve found out how to install widgets and activate them. It’s easy. But the
   other problem remains.
 *  [mrkingid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrkingid/)
 * (@mrkingid)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-in-itheme/#post-610984)
 * hmm… the link has to point to a specific URL. IE… [http://www.whateveritis.com/](http://www.whateveritis.com/)
 *  Thread Starter [pilarski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pilarski/)
 * (@pilarski)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-in-itheme/#post-610995)
 * It does.
 * Let’s say I’m making a link to my friend george’s website in Blogroll, I might
   click “Add New Link”, call it “George’s Site”, give it the URL [http://georgeswebsite.com](http://georgeswebsite.com)
   and click to put it in category “Friends”.
 * When that is done, the link “George’s Site” ought to appear in a sidebar box 
   called “Friends”. But it doesn’t in iTheme.
 * I noticed that under WordPress 2.2.2 there’s no Blogroll widget. There’s only
   a Links widget. Where can I get a Blogroll widget?
 *  [drhogie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drhogie/)
 * (@drhogie)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-in-itheme/#post-611135)
 * It would appear it’s a problem with iTheme itself. I’ve upgraded to WP 2.2.2 
   and iTheme 1.1 — I get the same all-mushed-together Blogroll widget. However,
   if I switch to a different theme, it does what the Links widget is supposed to
   do: If you have your Blogroll links into specific categories, it makes a seperate
   widget for each of them.
 * I have no idea how to fix it, but a workaround is to make your own widgets for
   each category. When I figure out how to easily do that I’ll post it here.
 *  [chall3ng3r](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chall3ng3r/)
 * (@chall3ng3r)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-in-itheme/#post-611178)
 * hi,
 * i was also looking for links categories thing in itheme.
 * i did it myself. you’ll have to edit functions.php and sidebar.php and replace
   get_links(…) function call with
 * wp_list_bookmarks();
 * thats all 🙂
 * // chall3ng3r //

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [chall3ng3r](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chall3ng3r/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-in-itheme/#post-611178)
 * Status: not resolved

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