New to Wordpress - Basic Newbie Question or two..

by Elvis Michael Posted: 15 years ago 4 replies

Hey guys, im very new to WP..

I installed the Heatmap theme. Like many others out there, i see that it comes with pre-installed features like Blogroll, Archives, Recent Posts, etc, on the sidebar.

How can i remove these? I went into "Appearance>Widgets" from my WP dashboard, but those things are NOT enabled. I was hoping to just drag them out of the sidebar. From what im seeing, they seem to be hard-coded into theme itself. Is this correct?

Do i have to touch some code to remove them from Heatmap and any other themes i see with the same features?

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Kauzmo 15 years ago

Just drag another widget to that same bar. It will replace those!
dadamson 15 years ago

As above.

Or if you don't want anything appearing there at all you just need to go into the Appearance Editor and go into the Sidebar file and delete the relevant HTML sections.
Elvis Michael 15 years ago

Thanks for the answers, guys. Although i admit, it seems counter-intuitive to embed widgets, as they're practically being forced on the user.

I'll look into the editor, thanks again.
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- dadamson 15 years ago
  
  Well the Archive, Blogroll, etc widgets are pretty standard for most WP themes.
  
  As soon as you drag your own widgets into the sidebar this stuff should disappear anyway

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New to Wordpress - Basic Newbie Question or two..

Elvis Michael • 15 years ago • 4 replies

Hey guys, im very new to WP.. I installed the Heatmap theme. Like many others out there, i see that it comes with pre-installed features like Blogroll, Archives, Recent Posts, etc, on the sidebar.