Title: cannot activate sidebar widget plugin Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # cannot activate sidebar widget plugin * Resolved [beerorkid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beerorkid/) * (@beerorkid) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-sidebar-widget-plugin/) * Running 2.2 tried different themes * Thing is when I am on the plugins page in my admin area, if I try to activate the sidebar widget I get an error and it will not let me activate it. * Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. * any ideas? * [http://www.beerorkid.com](http://www.beerorkid.com) Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [donaldireton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donaldireton/) * (@donaldireton) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-sidebar-widget-plugin/#post-564992) * It’s because Sidebar Widget’s are pre-activated and in the software core already. You just need to go to the “Widgets” tab in the presentation menu (It will be to the right of the Theme Editor tab) * Thread Starter [beerorkid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beerorkid/) * (@beerorkid) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-sidebar-widget-plugin/#post-564996) * OK I see it there and have added stuff but it does not show up on my site. I had uploaded the widgets to my plugin dir, so deleted it and I can still see the widgets (thats cool). Switched themes around a bit, still not showing up. * I will look into editing the functions.php like it said to in the readme of the sidebar widgets package I downloaded. * Thanks for the info. * [verona69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verona69/) * (@verona69) * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-sidebar-widget-plugin/#post-565191) * I am having exactly the same problem as far as not showing sidebar widget. I removed the old widget directory from plugins directory as you advised and this didn’t solve the problem. * I can access my presentation/widget preferences page but the problem there is I cant move objects in sidebar so everything is at it it. * Sidebar Widget isn’t functional as its order and widgets doesn’t show at all on my blog. * I hope this will be resolved soon … * verona69 * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-sidebar-widget-plugin/#post-565192) * Widgets are built into 2.2, you don’t need to use a plugin or anything else. * [verona69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verona69/) * (@verona69) * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-sidebar-widget-plugin/#post-565194) * I know they are build into ver. 2.2 and I am NOT using sidebar widget plugin as I have removed it from my plugin directory. * The problem is with the build in sidebar widget as with previous WP version every thing worked ok and now it doesn’t. * **I cant move objects in my sidebar and the widgets doesn’t show up at all. ** Thats my problem. * [moveye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moveye/) * (@moveye) * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-sidebar-widget-plugin/#post-565198) * I’m using wordpress 2.2, theme neo sapien, i get the three sidebars, but can’t move anything in or out. pls help? * [verona69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verona69/) * (@verona69) * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-sidebar-widget-plugin/#post-565200) * @moveeye: thanks god I am not the only one … 🙂 * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-sidebar-widget-plugin/#post-565201) * > _i get the three sidebars, but can’t move anything in or out_ * 1. Disable all your plugins. See if that solves it. 2. Reenable the plugins one by one until you figure out which one is interfering. * [verona69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verona69/) * (@verona69) * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-sidebar-widget-plugin/#post-565203) * Thanks Otto42 for tip! **wpStats seams to make problems to me**. Problem solved, sidebar works OK! * [wrecksthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrecksthree/) * (@wrecksthree) * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-sidebar-widget-plugin/#post-565233) * I am having the same problem here [http://www.wrecksthree.com/destrisblog/](http://www.wrecksthree.com/destrisblog/) I am using tiga theme. I disabled all plugins and they still dont work. This is driving me CRAZY. I did some alterations to header.php and wonder if thats it. Any help would be greatly appreciated… * Thread Starter [beerorkid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beerorkid/) * (@beerorkid) * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-sidebar-widget-plugin/#post-565234) * my main problem was with the tiga theme as well. Switched to a different theme, but if you search for tiga you will find some posts where people have modified the functions.php and got tiga to work. * [wrecksthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrecksthree/) * (@wrecksthree) * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-sidebar-widget-plugin/#post-565236) * Hey thanks for the reply. I dont wanna switch out Tiga but I guess I will if I have to. Gotta put AdSense somewhere right? jk Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘cannot activate sidebar widget plugin’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [fatal](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatal/) * 12 replies * 6 participants * Last reply from: [wrecksthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrecksthree/) * Last activity: [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-sidebar-widget-plugin/#post-565236) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics