Last seen in WordPress version 2.3, the drag-n-drop widget is back in style with the new WordPress version 2.8. This is the one feature most bloggers missed when version 2.5 came out. Removing the drag-n-drop function made it seem like a step back and actually made the process of moving widgets much harder.

Well its back now, and it has never looked this good.

There is now three different sections – available widgets, active widgets that appear on your blog, and also inactive widgets that you have used before but have since removed it. Plus, you can actually move a widget from the “Available” section to the “Inactive” section, edit it there, and then move it to the active section. You can also easily expand / collapse individual sidebars and widgets to manage your screen easily.

Widgets are back, YAHOO!