How to add new sidebar for my theme in wordpress
add below code in your theme function file
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'my_custom_register_sidebar' ); function my_custom_register_sidebar() { register_sidebar( array( 'name' => __( 'Custom Sidebar', 'theme_name' ), 'id' => 'custom_sidebar', 'description' => __( 'Description for custom sidebar', 'theme_name' ), 'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">', 'after_widget' => '</aside>', 'before_title' => '<h1 class="widget-title">', 'after_title' => '</h1>' ) ); }