WordPress 5 Cookbook

How to do it...

Follow these steps to add existing widgets to a page using the new Gutenberg editor:

1. Log in to the WordPress Dashboard as an administrator.
2. Click the Pages menu.
3. Click the Add New button.
4. Add a title to the page.
5. Move the cursor near the Start writing or type / to choose a block text to get the circle with the plus (+) sign (Add block button), as shown in the following screenshot:

6. Click on the circle with the plus (+) sign to open the blocks section, as shown in the following screenshot:

7. Type widgets into the search box ...