08 Apr Add Custom Widget ‘Sidebar’ in WordPress

//Add to functions.php

function custom_widgets_init() {
    register_sidebar( array(
        'name'          => 'Your Sidebar Name',
        'id'            => 'your-sidebar-name',
        'before_widget' => '<div class="your-sidebar-name">',
        'after_widget'  => '</div>',
        'before_title'  => '<h2 class="sidebar-title-name">',
        'after_title'   => '</h2>',
    ) );
 
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'custom_widgets_init' );

//Add to a template
if ( is_active_sidebar( 'your-sidebar-name' ) ) : ?>
    <div id="your-sidebar-name" class="your-sidebar-name" role="complementary">
    <?php dynamic_sidebar( 'your-sidebar-name' ); ?>
    </div>
     
<?php endif; ?>