How to add Top Right Widget in Twenty Twelve WP Theme

To add an extra widget area at the top right of the header are of the WordPress Twenty Twelve Theme, follow these steps.

Add this to a functions.php file in the child theme

//add a widget area in the header
if ( function_exists (‘register_sidebar’) )
register_sidebar( array(
‘name’ => __( ‘Header Widgets Area’, ‘twentytwelve’ ),
‘id’ => ‘sidebar-header’,
‘description’ => __( ‘A new header widgets area for my child them’ , ‘twentytwelve’ ),
‘before_widget’ => ‘
<aside class=”widget %2$s” id=”%1$s”>’,
‘after_widget’ =&gt; ‘</aside>’,
‘before_title’ =&gt; ‘
<h3 class=”widget-title”>’,
‘after_title’ =&gt; ‘</h3>
‘,
) );
add_action( ‘widgets_init’, ‘twentytwelve_widgets_init’ );

Create new file called sidebar-header.php
and add this code

<!–?php if ( is_active_sidebar( ‘sidebar-header’ ) ) : ?–>
<div id=”headWidgets” role=”complementary”></div>
<!–?php endif; ?–>

In the child theme add the following to the header.php file.
If the child theme does NOT have a header.php, copy this from the main theme, and then add the line where you want it to appear.

<!–?php get_sidebar( ‘header’ ); ?–>

Add the following code in style.css to right align this new widget

#headWidgets{
position: relative;
margin-top: -135px;
float: right;
margin-right: 10px;
}