Custom menu widget won't appear in sidebar

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  dcyuhas · Member · Jun 12, 2015 at 9:08 pm

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  Theme: Twenty Eleven on wordpress.com

  Is there a known bug that prevents the custom menu widget from appearing on the sidebar? Other widgets appear there, but not the one I need!

  I’ve tried to put it there without any other widgets present and vice versa – to no avail. Could the theme’s one menu limitation be the culprit?

  Please help. WordPress is driving me crazy!!

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  ariwinokur · Member · Jun 12, 2015 at 9:59 pm

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  A Custom Menu Widget should display just fine on the sidebar, even with your theme of choice. Make sure that you have created a custom menu first. Then make sure, when you set up the widget, that you choose that custom you created and click save.

  For more about creating a custom menu, see this article: http://support.wordpress.com/menus/#creating-a-custom-menu

  For more about the custom menu widget, see this article: http://support.wordpress.com/menus/#creating-a-custom-menu

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  timethief · Member · Jun 12, 2015 at 10:01 pm

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  The Twenty Eleven theme does not display a sidebar on Posts.
  That is its main distinguishing feature. https://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/workings-of-duster/

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  dcyuhas · Member · Jun 13, 2015 at 6:51 am

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  @ariwinokur Yes, I created a custom menu. See @timethief’s post.

  The issue is not moot because I discovered the Screen Options button on the Menu editor page.

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  ariwinokur · Member · Jun 14, 2015 at 10:00 pm

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  @dcyuhas,

  I’m not clear what the “Screen Options” has to do with your situation. Can you clarify your point and where the issue stands for you?