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How to Display WordPress Widgets in Columns

Last updated on March 2nd, 2015 by Editorial Staff
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How to Display WordPress Widgets in Columns

Are you looking to display your WordPress widgets in columns? What if we told you there is an easy way to do this without any code knowledge. In this article, we will show you how to display WordPress widgets in columns without writing any HTML or CSS.

Preview of WordPress widgets aligned horizontally in columns

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First thing you need to do is install and activate the Widgets in Columns plugin. Upon activation, simply go to Appearance » Widgets.

Next, drag and drop a widget that you want to display in column. In the widget settings, you will notice a new drop down menu labeled width.

Here you need to select your desired width for the widget.

Select the width for your widget column

You can choose the width depending on how many widget columns you want in a row.

For example: if you want three columns, then you would choose one-third (1/3). You can also upload an icon for your widget.

Once you have added the first row of your widget columns, you can drag and drop a divider widget from available widgets.

This divider widget allows you to start a new row of widgets within the same widget area.

This plugin comes with three types of dividers: .divider, .break, and .clear.

After you are done adding your widgets, you can preview your site to see your widgets in columns.

That’s all. We hope this article helped you display WordPress widgets in columns inside a widget area.

You may also want to check out how to add custom styles to WordPress widgets.

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  1. Atiqullah Sadeqi says:
    Aug 3, 2020 at 2:03 am

    Hi,
    I need a widget to be able accept other widgets inside it self. Like creating a row and inside of the row we should put other widgets. it can be done?

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Aug 4, 2020 at 10:33 am

      It would depend on your specific widgets but it sounds like you want to use a text widget.

      Reply
  2. Nauman Khan says:
    Jan 31, 2019 at 3:42 pm

    The recommended plugin has not been updated in 5 years, any good alternative?

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Feb 1, 2019 at 10:01 am

      Not at the moment, we will certainly keep a look out for alternatives.

      Reply
  3. andrew says:
    Mar 21, 2017 at 2:01 am

    wordpress now warns the following: “This plugin hasn’t been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.”
    any alternatives?

    Reply
  4. Raymond says:
    Feb 24, 2016 at 4:34 am

    Hi… This plugin is really awesome. However…I wonder if there’s a way to make this plugin responsive because if I shrink my browser to Iphone size, the columns wont rearrange to fit the small screen

    Reply
  5. WPBeginner Staff says:
    Jan 25, 2015 at 9:32 pm

    That’s up to you and how you feel that it would work for your site’s layout.

    Reply
  6. Robert Andrews says:
    Jan 22, 2015 at 12:03 pm

    So can they be placed at the bottom of a post column, or do they have to stay in a sidebar?

    Reply

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