Title: Admin widgets page inactive
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Admin widgets page inactive

 *  [monbouc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monbouc/)
 * (@monbouc)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgets-page-inactive/)
 * Hello,
 * This problem occured on previous version 3.6 as well. It is host-dependant, as
   the same WP installation has been tested and works perfectly on others plateforms.
   I guess it is a server configuration issue, then, but I don’t have the knowledge
   to point it and until now the host administrators – no WP users – couldn’t help
   either.
 * The admin widget page loads fine, all the widgets appear on the available widgets
   panel, and the drag and drop works well to the sidebar panel, it even play the
   temporary registering icon next to the submit button of every widget when pressed.
 * **Problem is : nothing is registered. Neither the dropped widget, nor its settings.**
   
   There is no change in the frontend pages, and when the admin widget page is reloaded,
   it shows the standard list without any of the changes previously applied.
 * Could anyone tell me what to look for, what could prevent such a impossibility?
 * Thank you.

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 *  Thread Starter [monbouc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monbouc/)
 * (@monbouc)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgets-page-inactive/#post-4124533)
 * **_Complementary note_** : the problem shows up on the very basic WP installation(
   standard 2013 wp-theme, no plugins, no WP settings).
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgets-page-inactive/#post-4124535)
 * Try adding `define('SCRIPT_DEBUG', true);`to the bottom of your wp-config.php
   file (just before the `require_once` line).
 *  Thread Starter [monbouc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monbouc/)
 * (@monbouc)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgets-page-inactive/#post-4124539)
 * Thank you.
    I’ve just done it, but there’s no change, no message appears at any
   moment.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgets-page-inactive/#post-4124547)
 * On some hosting environments, aggressive settings for the “mod_pagespeed” addon
   can break the javascript code and cause scripts to not be able to function. This
   can cause many problems, such as widgets not working, menus not being draggable,
   the customizer not working, or the media screens not being available.
 * To fix the issue, you will need to disable mod_pagespeed, or adjust its settings
   to not take effect in the wp-admin directories. You may need to ask your hosting
   service for help on how to do this.
 *  Thread Starter [monbouc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monbouc/)
 * (@monbouc)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgets-page-inactive/#post-4124576)
 * Thank you esmi.
    I’ll ask the hosting service about that.
 * But when I run it on the server, the php function apache_get_modules() doesn’t
   return me this addon (don’t know if it should be the case though).
 * What remains weird is that when I deactivate javascript via my browser’s webdevelopper
   extension in order to test this admin widgets page, the functionnality still 
   not works (it doesn’t either when the “accessibility mode” is activated via the
   page options tab).
 * The quest goes on…
 *  Thread Starter [monbouc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monbouc/)
 * (@monbouc)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgets-page-inactive/#post-4124735)
 * Hello all,
    I’m still being stucked with my problem. The hard solution is to 
   change of host (others tested with success), but for particular reasons, I’d 
   like not to consider it. If any new idea shows up, please let me know.

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## Tags

 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin/)
 * [Backend](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/backend/)
 * [inactive](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/inactive/)
 * [widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widgets/)

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 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [monbouc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monbouc/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgets-page-inactive/#post-4124735)
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