Widgets are the items located in the sidebar and the footer of your site.  To locate your widgets, go to the appearances tab and select widgets.  Under available widgets, you’ll see all the widgets currently available to your site.  Each one is listed by name along with a basic description.

On the right side of your screen are various areas to place your widgets.  Use your cursor to drag and drop widgets into your sidebars.  You can arrange widgets as you see fit, clicking the dropdown arrow will bring up options for the widget.   Depending on the widget, you will have more or less options.  Clicking “Close” will close the options panel without saving and delete will delete them.  Clicking save will save the settings for the widget.

If you wish to remove your widget without losing the settings, drag it to inactive widgets.  You can restore your widget at any time by simply dragging it back into one of the sidebars.

Clicking the screen options tab at the top of the page will give you a choice to enable accessibility mode.  This option provides another way for users to manage their widgets.  You can deactivate accessibility mode by returning to screen options and clicking the disable accessibility mode button.  When you are finished, click the site name in the admin bar to view your changes.