How To Manage Sidebars in Free Astra Theme

With Astra, you get 3 Sidebar options:

• Right sidebar.
• Left sidebar.
• No sidebar

Also, you can manage sidebars in the following ways:

• Globally for the site from Customizer
• On particular Pages and Posts

Quick Steps on How to Manage Sidebars on Your Website:

Step 1: Find the Sidebar settings under the customizer by navigating to Astra > Customize > General > Sidebar and edit sidebar options globally.
Step 2: You can also manage the sidebar settings on particular Pages and Posts from the Meta Settings.

Manage the Sidebar Globally In The Customizer

Step 1 – You can find settings under Astra > Customize > General > Sidebar;

Step 2 – To make your sidebar visible, you will need to set the Default Layout to either Right or Left Sidebar;

You can set a sidebar for the entire site at the Default Layout.

To disable the sidebar on any of these locations, select the “No Sidebar” option.

Step 3 – Once at least one of your sidebars (left/right) is set, you can adjust the sidebar width. You can set the percentage of your content area that the sidebar would take:

Step 4 – Finally, navigate to Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets to add items to your sidebar.

That’s it. Your sidebar is ready now.

Additional Sidebar Options

With Astra Pro, you can activate the addons for integrated plugins like WooCommerce, LifterLMS, LearnDash, etc. These add-ons can be activated at Astra Dashboard > Astra Pro Modules. As a result, you will see additional options to manage dedicated sidebars in your Customizer:

Managing Sidebar For Particular Pages Or Posts

Astra also allows you to manage sidebars for a particular page or post through the meta settings. This way, you can disable or enable the sidebar on any page/post. You can also select the left or right sidebar specifically on a page.

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