{"id":89761,"date":"2025-05-27T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/how-do-i-create-and-edit-sidebar-groups\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T13:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:19:11","password":"","slug":"how-to-create-and-edit-sidebar-groups","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/sidebar\/how-to-create-and-edit-sidebar-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create and edit sidebar groups?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Groups contain multiple sidebar elements in an order that you specify.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the left side of the admin area, click &#8221; <em> Groupings<\/em> <em>&#8221; (1) in the sidebar <\/em>. Here, you&#8217;ll see a list of all existing groupings.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create a Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To create a new group, click the <em>&#8220;Create Group<\/em> &#8221; button (2) in the upper-right corner. To edit an existing group, click on the existing group. In both cases, the same editing window will open.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_SIdebar.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2214\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_SIdebar.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Website Admin area SIdebar\" class=\"wp-image-90240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_SIdebar.png 2214w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_SIdebar-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_SIdebar-1024x246.png 1024w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_SIdebar-768x185.png 768w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_SIdebar-1536x369.png 1536w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_SIdebar-2048x492.png 2048w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_SIdebar-360x87.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2214px) 100vw, 2214px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Edit Grouping<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the editing window, give the group a <em>title<\/em> (1) that will help you find it later.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also customize the <em>link suffix<\/em> (2) here.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under <em>&#8220;Sidebar Elements<\/em>,&#8221; you can <em>create<\/em> new <em>elements and link them to the group<\/em> (3) or <em>select<\/em> existing elements (4) that you want to assign to the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_Sidebar_Create-grouping.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1236\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_Sidebar_Create-grouping.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Website Admin area Sidebar Create grouping\" class=\"wp-image-90243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_Sidebar_Create-grouping.png 1236w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_Sidebar_Create-grouping-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_Sidebar_Create-grouping-1024x452.png 1024w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_Sidebar_Create-grouping-768x339.png 768w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_Sidebar_Create-grouping-360x159.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1236px) 100vw, 1236px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Save and publish grouping<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you <em>save<\/em> (1) a grouping, it is not yet published but is saved with the status &#8221; <em>Draft<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re satisfied and would like to actually publish it, click &#8221; <em>Publish<\/em> &#8221; (2) in the same spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1ccdadb1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">You can find more information about the publication <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/pages\/how-to-publish-pages-and-content\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/website-und-finder\/seiten-website\/wie-veroeffentliche-ich-seiten-und-inhalte\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_Sidebar_Publish-new-sidebar.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_Sidebar_Publish-new-sidebar.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Website Admin area Sidebar Publish new sidebar\" class=\"wp-image-90245\" style=\"width:311px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_Sidebar_Publish-new-sidebar.png 504w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_Sidebar_Publish-new-sidebar-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Website_Admin-area_Sidebar_Publish-new-sidebar-360x234.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Groups contain multiple sidebar elements in an order that you specify. On the left side of the admin area, click &#8221; Groupings &#8221; (1) in the sidebar . Here, you&#8217;ll see a list of all existing groupings. Create a Group To create a new group, click the &#8220;Create Group &#8221; button (2) in the upper-right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[505],"doc_tag":[],"knowledge_base":[225],"class_list":["post-89761","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-sidebar","knowledge_base-website-and-finder"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"year_month":"2026-08","word_count":158,"total_views":"50","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Victoria Weidemann","author_nicename":"vweidemann","author_url":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/author\/vweidemann\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Sidebar","term_url":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/sidebar\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[{"term_name":"Website and Finder","term_url":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/","term_slug":"website-and-finder"}],"knowledge_base_slug":["website-and-finder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/89761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89761"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/89761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90247,"href":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/89761\/revisions\/90247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=89761"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=89761"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge_base","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base?post=89761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}