[HelpHub] Feedback on Manage WordPress widgets

[zzap]

Issue Description

Originally reported by https://profiles.wordpress.org/abitofmind/

The introduction section shall give and idea what widgets are and what’s their purpose:

“Widgets were originally designed to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress Theme […] Some WordPress Widgets offer customization and options such as forms to fill out, includes or excludes of data and information, optional images, and other customization features.”

What I miss: General content, that is the same on all pages/posts? Or are there also widgets which are context sensitive, as in specific to the currently opened page/post? E.g. a widget like “Similar articles: …”.

This characterization is missing. Please amend accordingly. Thanks!

URL of the Page with the Issue

https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/manage-wordpress-widgets/

Section of Page with the issue

Why is this a problem?

Suggested Fix

[github-actions]

Heads up @femkreations @atachibana - the "user documentation" label was applied to this issue.

[zzap]

Heads up @WordPress/docs-issues-coordinators, we have a new issue open. Time to use 'em labels.

[atachibana]

I would like to replace the first line:

WordPress Widgets add content and features to your Sidebars. Examples are ...

with the following sentence:

WordPress widgets add content and functionality to the widget area. The widget area is a pre-defined area by the theme, typically located in the sidebar or footer, but varies from theme to theme. Examples are ...

[atachibana]

The article has been updated.