Have you tried:
– deactivating all other plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
– switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
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Adrius
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Thanks esmi.
I tried deactivating all plugins. Then activating only one of the plugins that weren’t showing up in the widget section. Nothing showed up. I figured that if it was going to work, it would work when it’s the only widget activated. This led me to the following.
I noticed that I do have a default “Twitter” widget in the ‘available widgets’ section. I’m not sure if this came with WP or with my theme, but when Wickett Twitter Widget is activated and I drag the widget labelled “Twitter” to the sidebar it won’t save the fields it asks me to fill out. But when I deactivate Wickett I can now save the information for the default Twitter widget. It sound like there is some sort of conflict between the two.
Q: Does switching themes erase any customization I’ve done? I’d hate to have to redo hours of customizing.
Thanks
I’m not sure if this came with WP or with my theme,
There’s no Twitter widget in WordPress, so it’s either coming via a plugin or your theme. It’s not unknown to have the odd problem with plugin or plugin/theme conflicts. If the Twitter widget came with your theme, then it sounds like you’re experiencing the latter.
Does switching themes erase any customization I’ve done?
No. They are saved and will be restored when you re-activate the theme. The one proviso here is the Twenty Ten theme which should never be customised as your changes will be over-written the next time you upgrade WordPress or the theme.
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Adrius
(@adrius)
Twitter widget came with your theme, then it sounds like you’re experiencing the latter.
So would it be safe to assume that disabling this default Twitter widget somehow may solve my problem? If so, could you share how? It doesn’t appear in the Plugins page for me to deactivate, nor is it in the plugins folder within wp-content/plugins directory.
I’d suggest confirming that it is from your theme first by switching to Twenty Ten and seeing if this widget disappears. If you do get confirmation, the next step is to find out where the widget is being set up by the theme. The theme’s functions.php file would be a good place to start looking.
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Adrius
(@adrius)
So apparently Headway comes with a default Twitter plugin that I had to disable in order to get it to work.
I seem to have figured out my problem. But it might be specific to me. If you have the above symptoms where:
1. You can’t see the Wickett Twitter Widget in the ‘Available Widgets’ section, but you see a widget named “Twitter”…
2. Wickett Twitter Widget is activated, and you drag the widget named “Twitter” into the sidebar but you can’t save the information then you may want to give this solution a try.
I made a blog post about it to help others since I couldn’t find ANYTHING on this specific problem.
How to Disable WordPress Theme Plugins and Widgets
Hope this helps.
