Widgets

Modified on February 5, 2014

Widgets Explained

Every page on your site can have a sidebar that you can place “widgets” into. Add widgets by going to Appearance > Widgets and dragging the widgets you wish to use into the appropriate sidebars. When you open any sidebar box it will explain where and how that particular sidebar is used.

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BuddyBoss comes with 16 widget areas. They are:

WordPress Pages & Posts

  • Page → Right Sidebar
  • Page → Left Sidebar

Homepage

  • Homepage → Right Sidebar
  • Homepage → Left Sidebar

BuddyPress Pages

  • Members → Directory
  • Members → Single Profile
  • Groups → Directory
  • Groups → Single Group
  • Activity → Directory
  • Forums → Directory & Single
  • Blogs → Directory (multisite)

Footer

  • Footer #1
  • Footer #2
  • Footer #3
  • Footer #4
  • Footer #5

BuddyBoss Login Widget

BuddyBoss comes packaged with a profile login widget (requires the BuddyPress plugin). BuddyPress 1.9+ now comes with a login widget as well, so you may prefer to use their version.

  1. Go to Appearance > Widgets.
  2. Add the “(BuddyBoss) Profile Login Widget” to your desired widget area. You can add it to as many widget areas as you’d like.
  3. Give the widget a title of your choosing. The title will only be displayed for logged out users; logged in users see their profile info.