Not every widget should be on every page. I mean why would you want the search box on the search page? Well, unfortunately (at least at the time of this writing), Wordpress doesn't give you the ability to control what widget shows on which page, at least not out of the box.

Luckily, there are a countless number of developers making plugins to allow us the ability to run Wordpress the way we want to. We'll look at two plugins that can do the job for us. One is relatively simple and the other is a little more advanced but allows more control.

I assume you know how to install plugins as a prerequisite for this training.



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emanda1964 Premium
they dont have the plugin for MAC?
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onmyownterms Premium
Question for original poster who is no longer active.
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thevaz74 Premium
Will do thanks!
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thevaz74 Premium
The widgets were working fine until I tried to add a page and needed to move some things around. Now I can't get everything back where I want them, even when I set the widgets as described above. Do you think I need to delete and re-create the widgets?
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Sielke Premium
I'm not sure what the problem is exactly. If you want you can PM me the details and I can take a look.
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nathaniell Premium
I didn't even know this was possible. Easy to do and can make a blog more efficient. Thanks.
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Sielke Premium
Definitely, there's a lot of plugins out there that do pretty much anything you'd ever want.
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thevaz74 Premium
Thanks so much for doing this tutorial! I went with "The Simple Way" because I'm still learning. I followed your instructions and I was able to put my widgets only on the pages I wanted them on. Thanks again!
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Sielke Premium
I'm glad it helped someone! Comments like that make me happy and willing to contribute.
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