how to embed a customized widget in wordpress
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How to Embed a Customized Widget
in WordPress
By:Jaysarie C. Gundran
The Evolving Virtual Assistant
This is the customized widget to be embedded
Log in to your WordPress account
A dashboard page will open
Click either the Pages Tab or Posts Tab in the Dashboard
In this tutorial, the posts tab is chosen
Click the Posts tab
This will open
Click “Add New”
The Post Editor Screen will open in the visual tab
Click the “Add Media” button
Open the file to be embedded
If the file to be embedded is in the media library, click the media library tab
If the file to be embedded is in another location and still need to be uploaded, click “Upload Files” tab
Click “Select Files” button and locate the customized widget to be embedded
Click the “Open” button
Click the “Insert into post” button
Your customized widget will be added on the Post Editor Screen
Click the Text Editor tab on Post Editor Screen
The Text Editor tab will show the code of the customized widget
Highlight the code of the customized widget then right click
Copy and paste the code in NotePad
From the Add New Post Section, Click the “Appearance” tab then “Widgets”
Leave the Add New Post Section by clicking the “Leave this Page” button
The Widgets Section will open
Depending on the theme being used, widgets can be added to the sidebars, footer, header and other areas
We will use the Text Widget
In this tutorial, we will place it in the default sidebar
Drag the Text Widget in the area where you want your customized widget to appear
This will open
Embed the code of the customized widget that we saved in the NotePad under Content
You can also add a Title to your customized widget
Click Save
View Site
Our embedded customized widget now appears in the sidebar of the WordPress Site