Step 5: Adding Widgets(ll)

 Meta: Simple Widget for easy log in and log out of your blog, to access your dashboard and to locate your RSS feed.
Pages: Displays a list of your pages in the sidebar. Commonly used for themes that don’t have page links in the navigation.
Recent Comments: Displays the most recent comments left on your blog by readers.
Recent Posts: Displays the most recent posts you have published. This makes it easier for readers to see what’s new on your blog.
Search: Adds a search box to your sidebar that makes it easier for readers to search the contents of your blog.
Tag cloud: Displays a cloud of the tags that you have assigned to posts. It helps your readers quickly see what topics you write about.
Text: Allows you to add text or embed code to your sidebar. This is a very useful widget because you can use it to add content from other sources to your sidebar using their embed code.(Note: Only available on Pro or CampusPress blogs).
 Some widgets are also added to your widget area when you activate plugins.
Add widgets using embed code in text widgets
 The handiest widget you will find in your dashboard is the text widget. You can add any other widgets you find on the Internet by pasting their embed code into a text widget in your sidebar.
 We have added links to popular widgets in our Pinterest cool widgets board and you can see these widgets on the Widget Demo blog. Clicking on a widget takes you to the website where you can grab the embed code. Adding a widget from another website is as simple as: 1, 2, 3,...
Adding Pinterest widget to your blog sidebar
1º  When on the widget website , copy the embed code for the widget you want to add. 2º Highlight the code with your mouse or press Control A (Command A) to select all. 3º Then copy by right clicking on your mouse and selecting copy. Or, press Control C ( Command C).