Front page widget

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  thebalancebee · Member · Jul 22, 2018 at 5:18 pm

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  I see on the template that this blog layout comes with the ability to do front page widgets…. but when I go to customize widgets as it instructs me to do, the only widget options I have are for footer and sidebar widgets. how do I add front page widgets??

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  wpx2 · Member · Jul 22, 2018 at 6:01 pm

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  Hi @thebalancebee

  As long as you haven’t assigned the Front Page template for any of your website’s pages, those front page widgets will not be visible in customize → widgets.

  First of all, create a page and make its default template to be“Front Page”, as explained in the picture below:
  

  Once you set a page as a front page of your website, then those widgets will pop up in the customize → widgets:
  

  The following link will walk you through step by step on how to setup your website to look like the Sela theme demo.
  https://wordpress.com/theme/sela/

  Let me know if you have any other questions.

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  gemmacevans · Member · Jul 23, 2018 at 1:30 pm

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  Hi thebalancebee,

  The steps @wpx2 provided should help with adding widgets to your front page. I see you have already created a Welcome page but it isn’t used the front page template yet — which is why the widget options aren’t available.

  If you need any further help, you are welcome to reply here or us the email and Live Chat support included in your plan:

  https://wordpress.com/help/contact

  
  @wpx2 — thanks for providing such thorough instructions.

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  wpx2 · Member · Jul 23, 2018 at 10:41 pm

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  @gemmacevans

  You are welcome, happy to help.