When I upgraded my sidebars disappeared.

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  goodshepherdpitman · Member · Feb 8, 2015 at 8:06 pm

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  I upgraded my site, and when I did all the content in both my sidebars disappeared! Do I have to spend hours rebuilding everything from scratch?

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  lizthefair · Member · Feb 9, 2015 at 1:02 pm

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  I’m seeing content in your sidebars now. Were you able to restore your existing widgets or did you start from scratch?

  If you started from scratch let me know so I can show you an easier way for next time.

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  goodshepherdpitman · Member · Feb 9, 2015 at 2:08 pm

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  Yes, I did start from scratch. The hardest part was tracking down my Google calendar and Flickr settings.

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  lizthefair · Member · Feb 9, 2015 at 3:06 pm

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  Yes, I did start from scratch. The hardest part was tracking down my Google calendar and Flickr settings.

  I’m glad you got them all back to the way you want them. When you switch themes in the future, know that none of your widgets are deleted. If the new theme has widgets in different places, your existing widgets are moved down to your inactive widget section. If you scroll to the bottom of the page linked below you’ll see them.

  https://goodshepherdpitman.wordpress.com/wp-admin/widgets.php

  I know it doesn’t do much for you this time, but if you switch themes again it should save you some time then :)