A blogger recently asked how to add an image to the sidebar of her WordPress blog.
Adding an image to your sidebar is rather easy.
There are a couple of ways that you can add an image to your sidebar in WordPress.
- Click on media- add new.
- Next click on the “Try the Flash uploader instead.”
- Upload your image.
- Once your image is uploaded, click on edit and copy the file url to the image.
- Next click on Appearance.
- Themes
- Editor
- On the right side of the page, click the link named “Sidebar.”
- Once you’ve clicked on sidebar scroll through the code and place the following code where you want your image to appear.
Copy the following code:
<img src=”File url to image” alt=”Title of image” />
- Once you have finished adding the code click on “update file.”
- Your image should now be showing in your sidebar.
Tip: Keep the image rather small, so it doesn’t overlap the sidebar.
How to add a text widget
Another method of adding an image to your sidebar is to add a text widget.
- In your WordPress admin panel click on Appearance then Widgets.
- Next Click on Text and drag it to the sidebar on the right to activate the widget.
- Once the widget is activated click on the arrow.
- Copy the code I gave you above in the other method and paste it into the box.
- Save your changes
If you want the image link to a particular website then use the following code.
<a href=”http://www.linktosite.com”><img src=”File Url to Image”>
You’ll now see that adding an image to your WordPress sidebar is actually a very simple process.
If you have any questions on this tutorial, please feel free to leave a comment.
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February 9th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
That’s one useful tidbit of a tip. Thanks
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February 9th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
The text widget method is what I use most often, especially if I’m in a hurry. Otherwise, I dive into the sidebar php file and hard-code it there.
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Rose DesRochers Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
You know what’s funny? All the time I’ve used WordPress I’ve only begun to look at widgets.
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James M. Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Like they say, we all have to start somewhere.
Me, I’m almost into my first year of using wordpress and I still need to check out a lot of features e.g. RSS, subscribe features, multi-authoring, etc.
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