5. Widgets

INTRODUCTIONWidget Areas

Our themes have several default widget areas, that can display widgets on both desktop and mobile devices.

https://documentation.bold-themes.com/vivo/wp-content/uploads/sites/77/2022/12/widget-areas.png

The following are default widget areas in the theme:

Sidebar
Sidebar Shop
Footer
Header Left
Header Right
Header Menu
Header Logo
Header Logo Responsive
Responsive Menu

Sidebar, Sidebar Shop, and Footer widget areas display on both desktop and mobile devices.

Header Left / Right / Menu / Logo widget areas display only on desktop devices (note that you can set responsive breakpoint in Customize >Header and footer >Responsive header panel).

Header Logo Responsive, and Responsive menu widget areas display on smaller / mobile devices (below responsive breakpoint you set in Responsive header panel).

Widgets added to Header Logo Responsive widget areas will display next to logo on mobile devices.

Widgets added to Responsive Menu widget areas will display within the mobile menu.

https://documentation.bold-themes.com/vivo/wp-content/uploads/sites/77/2022/12/responsive-menu.png

SECTION 01Custom Widget Areas

Sidebar Manager plugin comes prepacked with the theme, and allows you to create custom widget areas that replace default ones.

In order to create custom widget area navigate to Appearance >Sidebar panel on your dashboard.

Click on the ‘Add New’ button, and then fill the following fields:

Enter custom widget area’s name (it should not be the same as the name of default widget area).
In ‘Sidebar to replace’ field select which default widget area you want to replace.
Then in ‘Add Display Rule’ field select on which pages you want this custom widget area to show.

Once you save the changes, navigate to Appearance >Widgets panel, and add widgets to your new widget area.

https://documentation.bold-themes.com/vivo/wp-content/uploads/sites/77/2022/12/custom-widget-area.png

SECTION 02Widgets

Widgets included with the theme are BB Gallery, BB Recent Comments, BB Recent Posts, BB Text Image, BB Time, BB Weather, BT Button, BT Divider, BT Icon, and BT Service.

SECTION 03BB Text Image

You can use this widget to display text and images in one of the widget areas.

https://documentation.bold-themes.com/vivo/wp-content/uploads/sites/77/2022/12/bb-text-image.png

SECTION 04BT Icon

You can insert custom icon with link here - usually used in header.

SECTION 05BB Gallery (deprecated)

*Note that this widget is deprecated, and it will be completely removed in future updates. We recommend switching to default WordPress Gallery widget, as it has the same features.