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How to add a new section

jezwebtutorials.com.au · Elementor · about 1 minute · guide generated 2026-06-17

Sections are the building blocks of every page. A section is a row you drop widgets into — a heading, some text, an image, a button — and stacking sections is how a page comes together. In Elementor, the page builder your site uses, you add one with a single click and choose how many columns it has. This short guide shows you how.

▶ Watch the narrated walkthrough (with audio), jump to a step, or follow the written steps below.

1

Open Pages

Log in to your WordPress dashboard, then click Pages in the left menu. You'll see every page on your site listed here.

Step 1: Open Pages
2

Edit the page with Elementor

Open the page you want to add a section to. We'll use the Home page. Hover over it and click Edit with Elementor. The editor takes a few seconds to open.

Step 2: Edit the page with Elementor
3

Click the plus button

Scroll right down to the bottom of the page content. You'll see a + button — that's the add-new-section button. Click it, then choose Flexbox when Elementor asks how to build the section.

Step 3: Click the plus button (animation)
4

Choose your columns

Elementor shows a row of layout choices. Pick a single column, or split the section into two or three columns side by side — whatever suits your content. Once you choose, you've got an empty section ready to fill.
Tip: a section is just a container. Drag widgets into it from the panel on the left — a heading, text, an image, a button — and arrange them how you like. You can change the column layout again later.

Step 4: Choose your columns
5

Save your changes

When you're happy, click the Update button in the top right corner. On a brand new page it says Publish instead, but it's the same button. Either way, your changes go live straight away.

Step 5: Save your changes
The pattern is always the same: scroll to the bottom of the page, click the + button, choose how many columns you want, then drag your widgets in and click Update. To rearrange or remove sections later, use the Structure / Navigator panel — the little icon in the bottom toolbar that shows your whole page as a list.