HOW TO ADD ADDITIONAL WIDGET AREA

Widget area allows you to add widget to certain place of your blog. Before or after the header image or even within the post. You just need to hook it correctly. Make sure you have access to the function.php file of your theme or even better – your server.

Go to your WordPress dashboard > Appearance > Editor > Select the theme > function.php. Paste the following code in it.

There’re only a few things need to be edited.

1 ) Visual Hook Guide

This determine which part of the theme should the widget area be placed. Copy the hook name and place it in the code above where it indicates “hook”.

2 ) Class name

The class name is for editing the CSS. You need this class name to give a specific design to this widget area.

3 ) Function name

The is the name of the widget area adding function. You could use any name you want.

4 ) ID name

Make sure the ID names are the same. Again, you could give any ID name you want to it.