There will be times when you will need to add an image to your blog’s sidebar. An image can enhance or be needed for your blog.  Whether you just want a simple jpeg photo or maybe you want an ad to show up, I’ll help you do that in this tutorial.   Adding an image can be done in a couple ways; widgets or editor.

Add an Image Using Widgets

1. Go to “Media” -> “Add New”

2. Upload and copy the File URL into:

<img title=”TITLE OF IMAGE” src=”FILEURL” alt=”" width=”125″ height=”125″ />

3.  Go to “Appearance” -> “Widgets”

4. Drag and drop the “Text” widget to the sidebar

5. Copy and paste the above HTML into the text box

Add an Image Through WP Editor

1.  Repeat steps 1 & 2 from above

2. Go to “Appearance” -> “Editor”

3.  Then click “Sidedbar.php” under Theme Files (on the right side)

4.  Copy and paste the HTML code into the file (Each file is slightly different.  If your a beginner I would copy and paste the original code into Word then play around with the positioning of your image).