Please follow the following steps to configure general sidebar layout:
- Go to Appearance> Customize> Sidebar Settings
- Click Add New sidebar
- Give the sidebar a name
- Click Save & Publish
You can see the new sidebar in Appearance> Widgets. Add a widget to the sidebar and click save to configure the newly created sidebar.
Configure Sidebar
- Login to your WordPress Dashboard.
- Go to Appearance> Customize> Sidebar Settings
- Select Sidebars for various Pages, like Blog Page, Single Page, Single Post Page, etc. The sidebar selected under the particular pages will only be displayed on the page. For example: Blog Page Sidebar appears only on blog page.
- Click Save & Publish