Wordpress Programming Tutorials, Guides & Best Practices

• Register a Widget Area:

function my_widgets_init() {
      register_sidebar(array(
          'name' => 'Sidebar Widget Area',
          'id' => 'sidebar-1',
          'before_widget' => '<div class="widget">',
          'after_widget' => '</div>',
          'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
          'after_title' => '</h3>',
      ));
  }
  add_action('widgets_init', 'my_widgets_init');