Title: Adding HTML to sidebars with widgets
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Adding HTML to sidebars with widgets

 *  Resolved [tajasel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tajasel/)
 * (@tajasel)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-html-to-sidebars-with-widgets/)
 * I am having trouble with adding banner ads to the sidebar of my blog – [http://www.onehotcrumpet.co.uk](http://www.onehotcrumpet.co.uk)
 * I don’t want to hard-code them into the sidebar; I’d rather use a widget or the
   links functionality.
 * When adding the banner as a link (providing URL, text and an image) all that 
   appears is the text of the ad, not the image.
 * When putting the img code into the sidebar (using the text/arbitrary html widget)
   the widget appears blank except for the title. (You can see this on the blog 
   currently.)
 * This is the code I’ve been trying to use:
 * `<a href="http://www.goodvibes.com/?kbid=135245&m=9&i=49"><img border="0" src
   ="http://affiliates.goodvibes.com/b.aspx?id=135245&mm=9&img=ToysFor160x240.jpg"/
   ></a>`
 * Help?
 * _[Please post code snippets between backticks or use the code button.]_

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-html-to-sidebars-with-widgets/#post-2274030)
 * I can see an image in your sidebar for goodvibes.com.
 *  [carriejeeze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carriejeeze/)
 * (@carriejeeze)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-html-to-sidebars-with-widgets/#post-2274372)
 * I had the same problem — and with GV — until I realized I had my ad blocker on.
   Strangely it wasn’t blocking other sidebar widget banners, but it sure zapped
   this one.

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## Tags

 * [html](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/html/)
 * [sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sidebar/)
 * [text](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/text/)
 * [widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widget/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [carriejeeze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carriejeeze/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-html-to-sidebars-with-widgets/#post-2274372)
 * Status: resolved

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