New Theme Widget Issue

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  sometimessewist · Member · Mar 17, 2017 at 3:36 pm

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  Hello! I just activated a new theme (Dara) and it looked perfect in the preview, but once I officially activated it all of my widgets disappeared! I looked in the widget settings and they seem to all have been blown out of the water. Any way to get back exactly what I had before? :(

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  timethief · Member · Mar 17, 2017 at 3:39 pm

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  If you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the site any and all widgets can be added or removed here

  http://sometimessewist.wordpress.com/wp-admin/widgets.php

  Also, note that widgets have visibility settings that determine which pages they will be displayed on. See: Widget Visibility https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/#widget-visibility

  Every theme has a detailed theme description page and this one is at https://wordpress.com/theme/sela and that’s where set up instructions for it and the live demo site is found.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 17, 2017 at 3:40 pm

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  OOps! Every theme has a detailed theme description page and this one is at https://wordpress.com/theme/dara and that’s where set up instructions for it and the live demo site is found.

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  sometimessewist · Member · Mar 17, 2017 at 3:43 pm

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  Thanks for your response. I know where all of the widget settings are and that’s how I can see that everything from my previous theme is GONE. They aren’t just invisible, they are completely wiped out. I had some HTML code that I didn’t know I needed to save, because in the preview of the theme all of my widgets were still there.

  I assumed that what I saw in the preview would be what I saw once the theme was activated; wouldn’t that make sense? The widgets were present in the preview and completely gone after clicking the activate button.

  I am asking if there is a way to retrieve the exact widgets from my previous theme; can anyone answer that?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 17, 2017 at 3:46 pm

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  There is a bug in the customizer that Staff are addressing. All widgets are exactly where I sent you to. Look under Inactive Widgets on that page please.

  If you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the site any and all widgets can be added or removed here

  http://sometimessewist.wordpress.com/wp-admin/widgets.php

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  timethief · Member · Mar 17, 2017 at 3:46 pm

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  This thread is also tagged for a Staff follow-up.

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  sometimessewist · Member · Mar 17, 2017 at 3:54 pm

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  Ah…scrolled down and now see the inactive widgets. Sorry for being a butthead! If the sidebar was active when I previewed but is now gone, how do I get it back?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 17, 2017 at 3:57 pm

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  When you add and configure widgets you determine where they will display. Also, note that widgets have visibility settings that determine which pages they will be displayed on. See: Widget Visibility https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/#widget-visibility

  Consult your theme description page at https://wordpress.com/theme/dara to select the layout you want.