Title: Modifying sidebar
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Modifying sidebar

 *  [Annie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/annie/)
 * (@annie)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-sidebar/)
 * At the risk of being a bit dim, if I want to rearrange elements in my sidebar,
   will I have to do this for each theme I have installed, or is there a way of 
   doing it only once. Thanks.

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-sidebar/#post-192700)
 * sidebar.php is the file to edit, and yes you’ll need to do that for each theme,
   unless you can confidently copy the modified sidebar.php into each theme – this
   of course depends on the theme’s markup.
 * Sidebar.php should be editable from Presentation > Theme Editor and it will be
   listed on the right.
 *  Thread Starter [Annie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/annie/)
 * (@annie)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-sidebar/#post-192702)
 * Thank you for the quick reply Podz!
 *  [Lorelle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorelle/)
 * (@lorelle)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-sidebar/#post-192904)
 * [Customizing Your Sidebar](http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_Your_Sidebar)
   from WordPress Lessons at [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons)

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 * Last activity: [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-sidebar/#post-192904)
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