How to add widget in the header?

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  zandergalli · Member · Sep 7, 2017 at 2:54 pm

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  Looking for options to add the follow by email widget to the header of my website

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Sep 7, 2017 at 8:36 pm

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  Hi,

  The Lodestar theme has optional sidebar and footer widget areas, but no header widget area. So you can’t add a widget to the header area on that theme. You could include the Follow Blog Widget in the footer widget area, and provide a link to the top of the footer widget area as described by @Justpi here (in post 1500840), in the forum topic What is the direct URL for my footer.

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Sep 7, 2017 at 9:46 pm

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  To add to what musicdoc said, since you have the Business plan, you would be able to add a widget to your header via a child theme. This requires being comfortable with some PHP, HTML, and CSS.

  Making a child theme means your changes won’t be overwritten when you update the theme. If you’re new to child themes, you can explore these guides:

  http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
  https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/01/create-customize-wordpress-child-theme/
  http://vimeo.com/39023468

  Here are some resources for adding new widgetized areas to a theme:

  http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgetizing_Themes
  http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-register-new-widget-areas-to-your-wordpress.html

  Another alternative would be to add the Blog Subscription shortcode to a page and then link to that page from your custom menu.