Title: customizing a theme – through widgets and pages – a basic question Last modified: May 7, 2023 --- # customizing a theme – through widgets and pages – a basic question * [lebrochet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lebrochet/) * (@lebrochet) * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-a-theme-through-widgets-and-pages-a-basic-question/) * how to customize a theme – a basic approach – to widgets and corresponding posts * can you give some hints -where to custom and add intos to the various widgets in the following theme * [https://jobify-demos.astoundify.com/extended/](https://jobify-demos.astoundify.com/extended/) * [https://kb.astoundify.com/article/445-create-a-callout-widget/](https://kb.astoundify.com/article/445-create-a-callout-widget/) * [https://kb.astoundify.com/article-category/jobify/](https://kb.astoundify.com/article-category/jobify/) * see a example of a page – that runs jobify: [https://www.servicemanagementjobs.co.uk](https://www.servicemanagementjobs.co.uk) * the question is: how to custom the pages – where to add the content and for example– how and where to add some a. lines of textb. a shortcode – for example to add a shortcode of a logo carousel * is it in the area of a. widgets orb. on the various pages – and postings which are combined with the widget area * look forward to hear from you * best regards Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * Thread Starter [lebrochet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lebrochet/) * (@lebrochet) * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-a-theme-through-widgets-and-pages-a-basic-question/#post-16718618) * Well at the moment i wonder how i can add text and data to the above mentioned theme – i think we have got a bunch of widgets and options there: Well the question is: are there widgets that contain text – and how can i add the text to them – are there optinos to do that1? * see a theme like metioned above – i guess that all the areas that are shown in the front page – that all the areas there are areas that corresponds to certain widgets – is this true * [https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/manage-wordpress-widgets/](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/manage-wordpress-widgets/) * > Go to Appearance > Widgets in the WordPress Administration Screens. Choose > a Widget and either drag it to the sidebar where you wish it to appear, or > click the widget, (select a destination sidebar if your theme has more than > one) and click the Add Widget button. There might be more than one sidebar > option, so begin with the first one. Once in place, WordPress automatically > updates the Theme. Preview the site. You should find that the “default” sidebar > elements are now gone and only the new addition is visible. Return to the Widgets > Screen to continue adding Widgets. To arrange the Widgets within the sidebar > or Widget area, click and drag it into place. To customize the Widget features, > click the down arrow in the upper right corner to expand the Widget’s interface. > To save the Widget’s customization, click Save. To remove the Widget, click > Delete. If you want to remove the widget but save its setting for possible > future use, just drag it into the Inactive Widgets area. You can add them back > anytime from there. This is especially helpful when you switch to a theme with > fewer or different widget areas. * > When changing themes, there is often some variation in the number and setup > of widget areas/sidebars and sometimes these conflicts make the transition > a bit less smooth. If you changed themes and seem to be missing widgets, scroll > down on the screen to the Inactive Widgets area, where all of your widgets > and their settings will have been saved. * > Enabling Accessibility Mode, via Screen Options, allows you to use Add and > Edit buttons instead of using drag and drop. * > Widget Areas While widget areas typically occur in webpage sidebars, a theme > can place widget areas anywhere on a page. For example, besides the usual sidebar > locations, the Twenty Seventeen theme has a widget area in the footer of every > page. * > Using Text Widgets The Text Widget is one of the most commonly used WordPress > Widgets that comes with every WordPress installation. It allows users to add > text, video, images, custom lists, and more to their WordPress sites. * > To use the WordPress Text Widget: * > Go to Appearance > Customize in the WordPress Administration Screens and click > the Widget menu in the Theme Customizer. Or Go to Appearance > Widgets in the > WordPress Administration Screens. Open the sidebar to which you wish to add > the Text Widget. Find the Text Widget in the list of Widgets. Click and drag > the Widget to the spot you wish it to appear. To open and edit the Text Widget: * > Click the down arrow to the right of the Text Widget title. Set the Text Widget > Title (optional). Add the text or HTML code to the box or edit what is currently > there. Choose the option to Automatically add paragraphs to wrap each block > of text in an HTML paragraph tag (recommended for text). Click Save to save > the Text Widget. Click Close to close the Text Widget. Switch tabs in your > browser and preview the results and make changes if necessary. The Text Widget > can hold a variety of HTML, XHTML, and multimedia links and players such as > video and object embeds. * Look forward to hear form you * regards * [mandresi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imandresi/) * (@imandresi) * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-a-theme-through-widgets-and-pages-a-basic-question/#post-16719993) * Hi, * The customization may vary from theme to theme. The fact that you modify either a widget or the content of the pages/posts through the editor may also depend on various factors. Each theme has their own way of customization. However, the main content is generally always modified through the editor. * Some advanced customizations will also require you create a child theme and write some PHP code. For that, you will have to dig inside the code of the theme. 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