The help article and video were created using the WordPress Classic Widgets plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-widgets/
If you want the same look, you can install this plugin, or you can use the new default WordPress widgets editor based on Gutenberg.
Header Widgets
Header widgets show in the top bar area.
You can enable or disable this area from:
Theme Options → Header → Top Bar
There are two widget areas (Left and Right). You can manage them from:
Appearance → Widgets
In the demos, you will see:
• a text widget with Font Awesome icons,
• the social links widget
• the multi-measurement widget.
Example contact widget code (paste into a Text widget and edit as needed):
<i class="fa fa-phone"></i> <a href="tel:18475555555">1-847-555-5555</a> | <i class="fa fa-envelope-o"></i> <a href="mailto:sales@yourwebsite.com">sales@yourwebsite.com</a>
Dashboard Header Widgets
On user dashboard pages (Profile, Properties, Add Property, Inbox, Messages), you can add different top bar widgets.
Enable the top bar globally from Theme Options → Header → Top Bar.
Then manage the dashboard-specific widget areas from: Appearance → Widgets
The two widget areas for the dashboard top bar are highlighted in the documentation.
To hide the entire header area in the user dashboard, use the settings in Theme Options → User Dashboard.
Footer Widgets
Go to Appearance → Widgets to populate the default 4-column footer widget areas. Use drag and drop to add content to each section.
These widgets appear above the copyright footer area.
You can also switch to fewer widget areas from theme Options. Help https://help.wpresidence.net/article/footer-settings-from-theme-options/
Header Type 3 Widgets
For Header Type 3, you can add widgets after the menu.
Go to: Appearance → Widgets and add content to the Header Type 3 widget area.
Pages Sidebar Widgets
The theme includes two default pages sidebars: Primary and Secondary.
You can add widgets to these from: Appearance → Widgets
You can control the sidebar display per page or from theme options for specific sections.
Custom Sidebars
You can create unlimited custom sidebars and assign them to specific pages or posts.
To create a new sidebar:
Appearance → Sidebars → + Add Sidebar
Then populate the sidebar from:
Appearance → Widgets
More info on sidebar positioning: