VirtualMV/Digital Learning Technologies/Extending wikis and blogs/WordPress

Overview
WordPress allows for Extensions and Widgets.

Extensions need to be added to the server by an administrator, whereas widgets can be added by users. (Note that widgets can be added to your blog via an extension)

For a WordPress.com website, you only have the ability to add widgets (not extensions). In order to add extensions you need to have access to the Web Server that is hosting your site.

WordPress.com
A Widget is a fancy word for tools or content that you can add, arrange, and remove from the sidebars of your blog. Widgets make it easy to customize the content of your blog sidebar. Adding a widget to a WordPress.com web site is done from the Dashboard (login first), using the Appearance Tab.

To see the widgets operating see my wiki : http://virtualmv.wordpress.com