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title: "WordPress Tip: Add More Widget Areas to Your WordPress Theme"
date: 2010-02-07
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# WordPress Tip: Add More Widget Areas to Your WordPress Theme
![Adding more sidebar sections](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/sidebarsections-e1265516556888-600x4921.png)

Adding more sidebars is useful if you're using WordPress more as a content management system than a blog.

Someone asked me how I did this. The process isn't hard. I've broken it down into three steps. (Before you continue with the instructions, you may want to back up the information in your existing sidebar.)

### Step 1

Add this code to your functions.php file under Appearance > Editor.

Note: Sometimes you have other sidebar code that looks similar to the above. If so, use it instead.

In this example, the sidebars that will be added will be called Sidebar Home, Sidebar Jobs, and Sidebar Meetings. Change the names to whatever you want. You can add many more sections here, not just three.