3. Sidebars & Widgets

There are 4 sidebar/widget locations in this theme. You can add widgets to those locations in WP admin → Appearance → Widgets. The names of the locations are pretty much self explanatory:

Sidebar
Footer Column 1
Footer Column 2
Footer Column 3

Like with the navigation menus, adding widgets to sidebars is also general WordPress usage, and if you've used WordPress before you won't have any troubles here. But in case you haven't used it before, here's some resources to help out:

Official WordPress guide on sidebars and widgets [ text ]
How to add and use widgets in WordPress ( by wpbeginner.com ) [ text + images ]
Youtube video on how to add widgets [ video ]

The theme comes with several widgets custom made for the theme. You can recognize them by their names, they start with MeridianThemes. Below you can see some examples of how those widgets look like and what options do they have.

3. Sidebars & Widgets

MeridianThemes - About Author

MeridianThemes - Subscribe

MeridianThemes - Social

MeridianThemes - Posts List

MeridianThemes - Posts List Alternate