Title: Padding around widget
Last modified: March 3, 2020

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# Padding around widget

 *  [Time Moves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timemoves/)
 * (@timemoves)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-around-widget/)
 * I have added a text widget and have included the email subscription form shortcode
   to the text widget. But there is no padding around the email subscription form.
   How can I add padding?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpadding-around-widget%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Asmi Patel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asmipatel/)
 * (@asmipatel)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-around-widget/#post-12511476)
 * Hello,
 * You can follow either of the 2 steps
 * (1) Go to **Appearance > Widgets > Text Widget** (the widget you have used). 
   Here you can add the following code around your email subscription form’s shortcode(
   you can change the padding px)
 * `<div style="padding:20px;">[email-subscribers-form id="1"]</div>`
 * (2) Right click on the webpage where your subscription form is added > Select**
   Inspect**. Search for a class named **_widget\_email-subscribers-form_** and 
   add the padding in the **element.style{ }** section
 * `padding: 20px;`
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by [Asmi Patel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asmipatel/).
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by [Asmi Patel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asmipatel/).
 *  [Malay Ladu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/malayladu/)
 * (@malayladu)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-around-widget/#post-12511912)
 * [@timemoves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timemoves/)
 * I think what [@asmipatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asmipatel/) meant
   to say in 2nd option is add custom css on **widget widget_email-subscribers-form**
   class.
 * You can add following custom css using plugin or directly into your theme.
 *     ```
       .widget widget_email-subscribers-form {
       padding: 20px;
       }
       ```
   
 * Hope that helps.
 *  [Asmi Patel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asmipatel/)
 * (@asmipatel)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-around-widget/#post-12514587)
 * [@timemoves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timemoves/)
 * Yes, the second option I meant to say is exactly explained by [@malayladu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/malayladu/)
   (
   adding the custom css)
 *  [vaksupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaksupport/)
 * (@vaksupport)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-around-widget/#post-12515535)
 * [@timemoves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timemoves/)
 * Hope the code provided by [@malayladu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/malayladu/)
   helps.
 * Please do not hesitate to get back to us if you have any further queries.

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/padding-around-widget/#post-12515535)
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