Adding WordPress Widgets in Accessible Mode

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You may not know that WordPress has an accessibility mode for inserting widgets. This allows you to insert widgets into your sidebar by clicking on links instead.

You can explore the widget interface more easily by using keyboard navigation and avoiding drag-and-drop actions. This feature is especially helpful for users with visual impairments or other accessibility needs.

In this article, we will show you how to easily enable accessibility mode and add WordPress widgets without using drag and drop.

How to Add WordPress Widgets in Accessibility Mode
Why enable widget accessibility mode in WordPress?
A drag-and-drop interface is used to add widgets, both in the block-based widgets editor introduced in WordPress 5.8 and in the classic widget editor offered in previous WordPress versions.

However, some users find it difficult to add different list of chile cell phone number widgets to their WordPress website using drag and drop.

The classic widget editor offered an accessible mode that allowed you to add widgets simply by clicking links, without having to use drag and drop. If you are using WordPress 5.8 or higher, you can still enable this mode with a plugin.

So let’s see how to enable widget accessibility mode on your WordPress website step by step.

How to Enable Widget Accessibility Mode in WordPress
First, you need to install and activate the Classic Widgets plugin . For more details, see our beginner's guide on how to restore classic widgets in WordPress .

Once activated, go to the Appearance ” Widgets screen in your WordPress admin area. Here you will notice that you now have the classic widgets interface.