Appearance->Widgets: Why widgets mysteriously disappear sidebars? WordPress
I have a sidebar registered as <strong>Homepage Sidebar </strong>in functions.php
I went to Appearance -> Widgets and added text widgets for my main sidebar. I came back later and they mysteriously disappeared. However the sidebar still shows up fine on the frontend.
Any known causes/solutions?
Answers (4)
Kailey Lampert answers:
Anything change in your function.php file?
Josh Adams comments:
Since this issue arose, I've been trying to fix it so what I did was remove two unessential "register sidebar" entries in functions.php (they came with the theme I'm customizing).
I believe prior to having the problem, one of my programmers added an extra sidebar to functions.php. Not sure if that info helps.
Josh Adams comments:
Let me add that removing the extra sidebars didn't help.
Kailey Lampert comments:
Do your registered sidebars have names/ids specified? For example:
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Blog Sidebar',
'id' => 'blog-sidebar',
'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</li>',
'before_title' => '<h2 class="widgettitle">',
'after_title' => '</h2>',
));
Then call the sidebar with the id:
dynamic_sidebar('blog-sidebar')
If the id isn't set, it can cause problems when other sidebars are added/removed.
Denzel Chia answers:
Hi,
If you have not tried a widgets reset plugin, you can try using this.
http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/03/03/widgets-reset-wordpress-plugin
This is a quote from that article, explaining why widgets are gone.
<blockquote>
Basically, widget areas (aka sidebars) with unique IDs will throw things off. Widgets are added according to a widget area’s ID. When you change themes that have different IDs, the widgets are no longer where you might expect them to be.
</blockquote>
<em>But this plugin will totally remove other widget data as well, so please read that article first, if you decided to try it out.</em>
Thanks.
Denzel
Josh Adams comments:
Thanks Denzel, I'll give this a shot.
Graham Kite answers:
I've been guilty of have multilpe admin windows open at the same time.
I had an experience where everything looked right. I shut down came back the next morning and something was not working.
After looking through the code, I had cut out a ;
It is possible you have done the same thing?
I'd be checking your code for an error like that right where your content is missing.
