How to add "Categories" list at the bottom of page

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  jessyrobins · Member · Aug 5, 2017 at 7:17 am

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  I cannot figure out how to add the lists at the bottom, ie: “recent posts”, “categories”, “meta”. And how do I add a page that is formatted the same way as the “Home” (blog) page? The home page seems to be the only pages where I can add multiple posts with dates. Thanks.

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  amandasjackson · Staff · Aug 5, 2017 at 2:14 pm

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  Hello there,

  I cannot figure out how to add the lists at the bottom, ie: “recent posts”, “categories”, “meta”.

  I see that you are using the Book-Lite Theme. Adding the lists at the bottom is done through adding widgets. You can do that in the customizer>widgets. Here is a link about adding widgets: https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/

  Categories Widget: https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/categories-widget/
  Recent Posts Widget: https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/recent-posts-widget/

  The Meta Widget is no longer available, however you can create links in a text Widget:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/text-widget-links/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/

  how do I add a page that is formatted the same way as the “Home” (blog) page

  Currently you have you home page set to display your latest post. All of your posts will be displayed on your home page how it is currently set up.This is a default setting and can be changed here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

  If you choose to set your Home page to a static front page, you can then set a different page to display your latest posts in the same customizing area that you set your static front page. Or you can leave the posts page empty and create a number of different pages to display the posts that you choose. You can do this by first creating a page, and posts for the page. In the Customizer>Menu area, you then add the page you created, and then the posts would be added as a sub-menu item to the page: https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

  Hope this helps to answer your questions :) Happy blogging