How to Add a Widget to Blogger

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Last Updated: June 3, 2021 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to add a gadget, which is Google's term for a widget, to your Blogger blog. Widgets add shortcuts or additional features, like visitor counters or social media like/follow buttons, to your blog.

Steps

1
Go to Blogger. Use the link to the left or type "www.blogger.com" into a browser window.
2
Click on SIGN IN. It's in the upper-right corner of the window.

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3
Log in with your Google ID. If your Google account appears on the screen, click on it, otherwise, click on Add account.
4
Enter your Google password and click on Sign in.
5
Click on 🔽. It's next to the blog title that appears below the word "Blogger" in the upper-left corner of the window.
6
Select a blog. In the drop-down menu, click on the title of the blog to which you'd like to add a gadget. It will be in either the "Recent blogs" or "All blogs" section.
7
Click on Layout. It's on the left side of the window in the Blogger dashboard menu.
8
Scroll down and click on ➕ Add a Gadget. Select a button in the part of the layout where you want the gadget to appear, like the cross column or a sidebar.
9
Scroll down and select a gadget. The set of gadgets that automatically appear are the "Basics" that are native Blogger widgets.
- Click on More gadgets in the upper-left corner of the window to see a list of available third-party widgets for your blog.
- Click on Add your own in the upper-left corner of the window to add a widget using a URL.
  - To add a custom HTML or JavaScript widget, add the HTML/JavaScript gadget from the "Basics" menu and enter the widget's code in the dialog box that appears.
10
Click on ➕. It's to the right of the gadget's name.
11
Customize your gadget. Add or change the gadget's title to how you want it to appear on your blog.
- Add or edit any additional text or information, like HTML or JavaScript code, that the widget will need to function properly.
12
Click on Save. It's in the lower-left corner of the dialog box.
13
Click on Save arrangement. It's an orange button in the upper-right portion of the window. This saves your gadget and takes it live on your blog.

Community Q&A

Question

How do I add polling system to a website?

WF

Top Answerer

Go to Layout > Add a Gadget > Poll (from 'basic').
Question

Do I access the sidebar from the right or left side of the page?

WF

Top Answerer

Go to Themes > Customize, you can change the side bar from there.

Warnings

Adding a large number of widgets to your blog may potentially cause your blog pages to load slower, however this may vary depending on the browser being used and personal browser configurations.

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