Changed Themes – Can’t Add Widgets Back!

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  helloapplesauce · Member · Dec 16, 2008 at 4:21 am

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  I changed themes to try something new but didn’t like it and went back to my old theme (Kubrick). But when I tried to add my widgets back, the ones I want to had that I had before do not have the option to “Add”, and they are also not in my sidebar. Any idea how to get them back? It says I am using them, but they are not showing up on my blog. Thanks!

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 16, 2008 at 4:21 am

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  Have you made sure you chose a widget-enabled theme?

  Please give us a link to your blog, starting with http, so we can check it out.

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 16, 2008 at 4:23 am

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  Have you made sure you chose a widget-enabled theme?

  Please give us a link to your blog, starting with http, so we can check it out.

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 16, 2008 at 4:26 am

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  Also, see this:

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/categories-are-gone?replies=125

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  helloapplesauce · Member · Dec 16, 2008 at 4:27 am

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  http://helloapplesauce.wordpress.com/

  I used to have, along with the text box: Recent posts, a tag cloud, and a blogroll. It says that I am still using them and won’t let me add them back, but they don’t show up. Thanks!

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  ninglun · Member · Dec 22, 2008 at 5:03 am

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  I am interested in this one as when I tried to move http://neilphoto.wordpress.com/ from Andreas09 to something else, the same thing happened: “when I tried to add my widgets back, the ones I want to had that I had before do not have the option to “Add”, and they are also not in my sidebar.” They were still in place when I changed back to Andreas09, so for the moment I have left well alone.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Dec 22, 2008 at 6:47 am

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  In the new theme, adding any other widget and saving changes should solve the problem. If not, first remove all widgets in the old theme, save changes, then switch.

  And be careful with the text widgets: depending on the pair of themes, you may loose them when you switch, so first copy their content and paste it in a simple text editor.

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  goldlabelgoods · Member · Jan 15, 2009 at 2:24 pm

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  im having the same problem. Basically just starting a new blog and was snooping thru themes that would work best. once i decided upon blix the widgets (links, search and category cloud) that I had previously tried out in another theme, were showing they were already selected (because the add button was gone) but not showing up on the right side in “current widgets”. I tried the final suggestion but it had no effect.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 15, 2009 at 2:41 pm

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  We cannot help you without a link to your blog. The site linked to your name is not a WP.com blog and we won’t be able to help you with it.