9 responses on “The Text Widget for WordPress”

1. Dale
   December 22, 2009 at 1:45 am | Reply

   Now I have a text Widget. How do I get back to the input screen so I can edit it – add things and make changes?
• Ryan Markel
  December 23, 2009 at 6:10 am | Reply

  You can simply go back to Appearance > Widgets in your Dashboard, and then expand the widget in your sidebar list to the right. You can change its content any time you want.
2. bill
   January 24, 2010 at 2:15 am | Reply

   how do you change hte test size in the widget. I want one smaller, but it doesn’t seem to take the tag.
• Ryan Markel
  January 26, 2010 at 10:17 pm | Reply

  You can use CSS in-line with your text to accomplish this. You can read more about CSS here: http://www.w3schools.com/CSS/css_howto.asp
3. Edgar
   December 3, 2010 at 7:57 pm | Reply

   Whenever I put in some HTML, or a script, the Text widget “edits” the code when I click Save. Even if I use the tags, it still does this. How do you turn that off, or work around it?
• Ryan Markel
  December 7, 2010 at 1:33 am | Reply

  There are code restrictions in place on WordPress.com: http://support.wordpress.com/code/
4. Nicutza @ Creier Cretz
   January 6, 2011 at 10:11 am | Reply

   and where do I find this text widget?
   I was searching for about an hour on the widgets menu and I didn’t find it!
• Michael Pick
  January 10, 2011 at 6:09 am | Reply

  If you head to the Appearance > Widgets menu, you should see the Text widget appear in the left column. It’ll be situated towards the end, as they’re arranged alphabetically. You’ll then want to drag it over to the right side column (click-hold and drag) where you can make your edits and changes. You may find our related video on adding a widget to your sidebar useful for this part.
5. Nicutza @ Creier Cretz
   January 12, 2011 at 6:11 pm | Reply

   Thank you a lot!