Title: Increase Padding on “Recent Posts” Widget?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Increase Padding on “Recent Posts” Widget?

 *  Resolved [thelobbyist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thelobbyist/)
 * (@thelobbyist)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-padding-on-recent-posts-widget/)
 * Hi everyone, and thanks in advance for the help!
 * I have a problem I’m having trouble resolving at: DigitalSociety.org with the
   Recent Posts widget. I’m running the widget on the right column, and the space
   between links in the list seems to be too tight and squished together. I’d like
   to increase the space between these links.
    Can anyone help with that?
 * Additionally, is there a way to left justify the title “Recent Posts” so that
   is is aligned with the “About Us” title in the section above?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-padding-on-recent-posts-widget/#post-1247095)
 * get Firefox and install the developer add-on for Firefox – thet is a great help
   in identifying the styles of page elements, and you can try changes in the style
   css ‘in real time’.
 * try changing the width in ‘#sidebar-right’ to match the one of ‘#sidebar’, and
   adding new styles for the list elements:
 *     ```
       #sidebar-right {
               font: 1.3em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
             width:275px;
       	padding:10px 10px 10px 10px;
       	float:right;
       	background:#fff;
       	}
       #sidebar-right ul {margin-left:5px;}
       #sidebar-right li {margin-bottom:5px;}
       ```
   
 * change the numbers (5px) to get the result you like 😉
 *  Thread Starter [thelobbyist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thelobbyist/)
 * (@thelobbyist)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-padding-on-recent-posts-widget/#post-1247124)
 * Thanks for the help!
 * Can you be more specific about the plug-in? Is it called WordPress Helper?
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-padding-on-recent-posts-widget/#post-1247218)
 * that plug-in has nothing to do with wordpress in general, it is just a tool for
   Firefox to make improving websites easier:
    you find [more information here ](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60)
   with a download
 *  Thread Starter [thelobbyist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thelobbyist/)
 * (@thelobbyist)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-padding-on-recent-posts-widget/#post-1247323)
 * Thanks!

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 * [list](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/list/)
 * [padding](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/padding/)
 * [spacing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/spacing/)
 * [widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widget/)

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 * Last reply from: [thelobbyist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thelobbyist/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-padding-on-recent-posts-widget/#post-1247323)
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