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Specifying the widget locations

In the function.php file, underneath the add_action function, we will specify the locations. For this, we will add a function called init_widgets, pass in &id, and then add register_sidebar as shown here:

// Widget Locationsfunction init_widgets($id){  register_sidebar();}

The register_sidebar function is used for creating any kind of widget position. Even though it says sidebar, it doesn't have to be in the sidebar; in our case, it is but it doesn't have to be.

Next, we will pass in an array to the register_sidebar function. Add a name, Sidebar, and an ID, sidebar, as shown here:

  register_sidebar(array(    'name' => 'Sidebar',     'id' => 'sidebar'  ));}

Then we will declare the action using add_action. The hook ...