Blogger widgets [Beginners Guide]

Blogger widgets/plugins are tools with which you can make your powered by blogger blog better. You can add or remove them according to your taste. In simple words they add to the functionality of the blog. In this post, I will be discussing official blogger widgets that you get with a blogger blog. 

The biggest benefit of Blogger official widgets is that they are free to use and you can style them if you know some basic CSS and HTML. 

Currently with a Blogger blog, you will find the following 26 official widgets. 

Add a Gadget

1 – 26 of 26

	AdSense Earn revenue by displaying relevant ads on your blog. By Blogger
	Featured Post Highlight a special post on your blog. By Blogger
	Blog Search Let visitors search your blog. By Blogger
	HTML/JavaScript Add third-party functionality or other code to your blog. By Blogger
	Profile Display information about yourself to your visitors. By Blogger
	Blog Archive Make it easy for visitors to navigate your blog with links to older posts. By Blogger
	Page Header Display your blog's title and description. By Blogger
	Followers Displays a list of users who follow your blog By Blogger
	Image Add an image from your computer, or from somewhere else on the web. By Blogger
	Labels Show all the labels of posts in your blog. By Blogger
	Pages Display a list of stand-alone pages on your blog. By Blogger
	Link List Display a collection of your favorite sites, blogs, or web pages for your visitors. By Blogger
	Text Add a text message to your blog. By Blogger
	Popular Posts Display a list of the most popular posts from your blog. By Blogger
	Blog's stats Display the number of pageviews to your blog. By Blogger
	Blog List Show off what you read with a blogroll of your favorite blogs. By Blogger
	Follow by Email Make it easy for visitors to subscribe to email delivery when you publish a post. By Blogger
	Feed Add content from an RSS or Atom feed to your blog. By Blogger
	Logo Show your Blogger pride by adding a logo to your page. By Blogger
	Subscription Links Let your readers easily subscribe to your blog with popular feed readers By Blogger
	Translate Let visitors translate your blog into different languages. By Blogger
	List Add a list of your favorite books, movies, or anything you like. By Blogger
	Contact Form Add a Contact Form to your Blog. By Blogger
	Wikipedia With this gadget you can quickly, conveniently and easily search on Wikipedia for articles or full text. By Blogger
	Attribution Display your blog's attribution data. By Blogger
	Report Abuse Report inappropriate content. By Blogger

How to use blogger widgets/plugins?

1- Go to your blogger blog dashboard.

2- Go to layout.

3- Click add a widget. A pop up will appear showing widgets. Select the one of your choice. 

4- If you want to add a widget to sidebar, click add a widget in the sidebar. Do the same for header and footer widgets.

I hope this post helps regarding your understanding of what are blogger official widgets and how to use them. The same steps will be followed for adding custom made widgets. 

If you have any questions do let me know in the comments.