diff --git a/exampleSite/content/home/about.md b/exampleSite/content/home/about.md
index 38051dd0..89103dce 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/home/about.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/home/about.md
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 +++
 # About/Biography widget.
-
-date = "2016-04-20T00:00:00"
-draft = false
-
 widget = "about"
+active = true
+date = "2016-04-20T00:00:00"
 
 # Order that this section will appear in.
 weight = 5
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/home/contact.md b/exampleSite/content/home/contact.md
index d5ef648b..61657582 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/home/contact.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/home/contact.md
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 +++
 # Contact widget.
-
+widget = "contact"
+active = true
 date = "2016-04-20T00:00:00"
-draft = false
 
 title = "Contact"
 subtitle = ""
-widget = "contact"
 
 # Order that this section will appear in.
 weight = 70
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/home/hero.md b/exampleSite/content/home/hero.md
index 56a93188..f5389531 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/home/hero.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/home/hero.md
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 +++
 # Hero widget.
-
+widget = "hero"
+active = true
 date = 2017-10-15
-draft = false
 
 title = "Academic"
-widget = "hero"
 
 # Order that this section will appear in.
 weight = 3
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/home/posts.md b/exampleSite/content/home/posts.md
index d23ef205..9a274b86 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/home/posts.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/home/posts.md
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 +++
 # Recent Posts widget.
 # This widget displays recent posts from `content/post/`.
-
+widget = "posts"
+active = true
 date = "2016-04-20T00:00:00"
-draft = false
 
 title = "Recent Posts"
 subtitle = ""
-widget = "posts"
 
 # Order that this section will appear in.
 weight = 40
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/home/projects.md b/exampleSite/content/home/projects.md
index 70b496e7..a9bf0e73 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/home/projects.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/home/projects.md
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 +++
 # Projects widget.
 # This widget displays all projects from `content/project/`.
-
+widget = "projects"
+active = true
 date = "2016-04-20T00:00:00"
-draft = false
 
 title = "Projects"
 subtitle = ""
-widget = "projects"
 
 # Order that this section will appear in.
 weight = 50
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/home/publications.md b/exampleSite/content/home/publications.md
index fe8b76a1..b0ed0f0f 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/home/publications.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/home/publications.md
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 +++
 # Recent Publications widget.
 # This widget displays recent publications from `content/publication/`.
-
+widget = "publications"
+active = true
 date = 2016-04-20
-draft = false
 
 title = "Recent Publications"
 subtitle = ""
-widget = "publications"
 
 # Order that this section will appear in.
 weight = 20
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/home/publications_selected.md b/exampleSite/content/home/publications_selected.md
index ee6ab2be..60edf71a 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/home/publications_selected.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/home/publications_selected.md
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 # Selected Publications widget.
 # This widget displays publications from `content/publication/` which have
 # `selected = true` in their `+++` front matter.
-
+widget = "publications_selected"
+active = true
 date = 2016-04-20
-draft = false
 
 title = "Selected Publications"
 subtitle = ""
-widget = "publications_selected"
 
 # Order that this section will appear in.
 weight = 10
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/home/tags.md b/exampleSite/content/home/tags.md
index cedab850..eca1a32f 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/home/tags.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/home/tags.md
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 +++
 # Tag Cloud widget.
-
+widget = "tag_cloud"
+active = true
 date = 2017-09-20
-draft = false
 
 title = "Tags"
 subtitle = ""
-widget = "tag_cloud"
 
 # Order that this section will appear in.
 weight = 65
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/home/talks.md b/exampleSite/content/home/talks.md
index ae290433..86065190 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/home/talks.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/home/talks.md
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 +++
 # Recent and Upcoming Talks widget.
-
+widget = "talks"
+active = true
 date = "2016-04-20T00:00:00"
-draft = false
 
 title = "Recent & Upcoming Talks"
 subtitle = ""
-widget = "talks"
 
 # Order that this section will appear in.
 weight = 30
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/home/teaching.md b/exampleSite/content/home/teaching.md
index d96b8ef0..0b1ed6bd 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/home/teaching.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/home/teaching.md
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 +++
+# Custom widget.
 # An example of using the custom widget to create your own homepage section.
 # To create more sections, duplicate this file and edit the values below as desired.
-
+widget = "custom"
+active = true
 date = "2016-04-20T00:00:00"
-draft = false
 
+# Note: a full width section format can be enabled by commenting out the `title` and `subtitle` with a `#`.
 title = "Teaching"
 subtitle = ""
-widget = "custom"
 
 # Order that this section will appear in.
 weight = 60
diff --git a/layouts/partials/widget_page.html b/layouts/partials/widget_page.html
index a620716a..6268ac5b 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/widget_page.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/widget_page.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 {{ $section := .Scratch.Get "section" }}
 
 <!-- Widgets -->
-{{ range $index, $page := where .Data.Pages "Section" $section }}
+{{ range $index, $page := where (where .Data.Pages "Section" $section) ".Params.active" "!=" false }}
   {{ $params := dict "root" $ "page" $page }}
   {{ $widget := printf "widgets/%s.html" ( or $page.Params.widget "custom" ) }}
   {{ if eq $page.Params.widget "hero" }}