Author Igor13
2013
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Hi folks,

Few days ago one member of Wealthy Affiliate asked me about adding the image or Wealthy Affiliate banner to the WordPress sidebar through widget!

Below the explanation and description about the video tutorial!

I decided to show it how easy is to do that and share it within Wealthy Affiliate community.The example i used on a short video tutorial of 5 minutes is about adding Wealthy Affiliate banner I am using on my site

The site is also created and hosted through the Wealthy Affiliate platform. To write the article on my site it, I am using Site Content platform.

The other images in my media file library are obtained on a various free image sites, like Pixabay.com, Pexels.com, Google advanced image search and some others.

I didn't add my verbal explanation to the video because it is pretty much self explanatory and I just wanted to show you the easy and simple procedure. Of course, if you have any further questions, just ask me and I will be happy to help you out.

If you need the steps of adding the image or Wealthy Affiliate banner to your WordPress sidebar through the image widget, in a written form, check below the steps you need to take:

  1. Add a banner from Wealthy Affiliate Promotional banner webpage: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/banners

  2. If you want to add an image, then visit Pixabay site https://pixabay.com/ , or Pexels at https://www.pexels.com/ or Google advanced image search at: https://www.google.com/advanced_image_search.

    The images on these sites are free to use. I will create some additional video tutorials about it as well. There are also some other very good sites to get images from, but the three sites named before are excellent sources of free images.

  3. Log into your WordPress Dashboard
  4. Add images or banner to your media library on your site.
  5. Go to Appearance then click on Widget!
  6. Choose Image Widget with the option to add URL on the image.
  7. Add chosen image or WA banner to the image.
  8. Add URL for the image or banner
  9. Customize other data as required (add Title, Link Title, URL, Description)
  10. After customizing the widget, click on Save and done on the widget
  11. Go to your post and refresh the post
That's it. Your image widget, if done every step properly, is not live on your post.


Check the image or banner live on internet, if the whole previously done customization is working (Title, description,link, etc.)

Now, you are ready to add some other widgets!

Recommendation:

Don't use to many widgets on your one sidebar. Generally, It is recommended to use 4-5 widgets on the sidebar. I have some more widgets than that, but this is my
decision. I might reconsider in the future the number of widgets on my site and maybe reduce the number. You need to test it for yourself.

Finally, the video is 5 minutes long, but the whole procedure from choosing the images or the banner,a dding to you media library and posting takes approximately no longer then 10 minutes. This is easy and effective way to enhance the content of your site.

Anyway,
wish you Happy editing!

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chrivera Premium
Thank you!
this helped me understand how to add advertising links and banners.

Christine
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verazhelvis Premium
Thank you very much, Igor.
Going to save it for further usage.:)
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Igor13 Premium
Thanks. I appreciate it. I am happy to hear it helps!
Best regards!
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verazhelvis Premium
I guess it's never enough when it comes to images...lol:)
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Igor13 Premium
Right!
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verazhelvis Premium
:))
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ChrisShouse Premium
Well done and with clear instructions. Thank you :)
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Igor13 Premium
Thanks, Chris, I appreciate it!

Best regards!
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