Move widgets from sidebar.

I’m a wordpress noob but I do know how to build a website with raw code. I’m trying to understand something that may be pretty basic.

In short my goal here is to put a widget on the left side of a page easily.

From what I can tell widgets can only go in sidebars on the right easily, if you want to put them in another location on the page (like on the left of the page) you need some other plugin, know php, or something that isn’t easy.

The theme I am using has a module where you can add custom code html code shortcode (still not sure what that is) ect. I’m thinking it may be easier to figure out how to get the code for the widget and place it into that custom code module which already sits on the left, rather than finding a plugin that can move a widget somewhere other than the sidebar. Or maybe the easiest option is to go into the css and move the widget out of the sidebar that way? I’m not sure does anyone know the easiest way to achieve this?

The theme I am using has a “page builder” where you can add modules (like a latest post module made with the theme) either full width of the page or to the left so a sidebar can go to the right. The custom code module Im using on the left should be able to accept code for a widget like “tag cloud” then Ill be able to have a tag cloud widget on the left of the page. Is there a way to get a widget code into a custom code module like this? Is there a better way than what I’m thinking to do this? Thank you.