Title: Custom Sidebars not displaying? Last modified: August 24, 2016 --- # Custom Sidebars not displaying? * Resolved [mort_subite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mort_subite/) * (@mort_subite) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-not-displaying/) * Im sure its probably just a page layout issue, but Im using Custom Sidebars with Customizr, and I can’t seem to get the custom sidebars to display. The original theme sidebars display, but custom sidebars don’t seem to be working for me… * I found one previous post on the support forum regarding this same problem, but the user found the solution out for himself and never posted what worked for them… =( * Thanks in advance! Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * [Rocco Aliberti](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d4z_c0nf/) * (@d4z_c0nf) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-not-displaying/#post-6036923) * Well, how do you define these custom sidebars? Where can’t you see theme? In Apperance -> Customize -> Widgets, or in Apperance -> Widgets? * Thread Starter [mort_subite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mort_subite/) * (@mort_subite) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-not-displaying/#post-6036985) * They’re not appearing on the site itself. * I can customize them in appearance>widgets, but they’re not showing up on the site. * They’re set up to display on on the right sidebar of three separate category pages… Im designing a website for a small label with three bands, and each bands“ news” page should have a sidebar that displays upcoming shows for that individual band. I have three separate category pages created for each individual band which serves as the “home” page for that band, displaying posts as band updates, and I have three separate custom sidebars set for each corresponding category page in appearance>widgets. Im using gigpress to manage show listings, which lets you create profiles for multiple bands, so the gigpress widget goes into the custom sidebar set for each individual bands “news” category page, gigpress is set to display the appropriate bands shows for that category page, and custom sidebars is set so that the the themes default right sidebar can be replaced. * Content: home, posts…>Pages and Posts Layout is set in customizr so that the Global Default Layout option is “Right sidebar,” but not “Force Default Layout,” and both “posts” and “pages” default layouts are set to “Right sidebar” as well. * The website will display the themes default sidebar if I add widgets to it in appearance>widgets, but it will not display the defined custom category sidebars, which are setup to display “as Right sidebar for selected categories” in custom sidebars “sidebar location” menu, and the appropriate category pages have been selected for each custom sidebar. * If it helps at all, here is a page from my site where the sidebar is supposed to be displayed, but is not * [http://www.circleofvoid.com/category/viirl-news/](http://www.circleofvoid.com/category/viirl-news/) * I have tried deactivating gigpress as well as any other plugins that might affect sidebar editing or management (of which I have few), and no luck there, either. * Thread Starter [mort_subite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mort_subite/) * (@mort_subite) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-not-displaying/#post-6036987) * To add just a little bit more information, I have also tried removing all additional custom CSS and code that I’ve added that would potentially be related to sidebar display (again, minimal, bordering on none), and still no luck displaying custom sidebars. * [Rocco Aliberti](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d4z_c0nf/) * (@d4z_c0nf) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-not-displaying/#post-6037051) * Hi, well the right sidebar is there but it’s empty. I cannot reproduce your issue. I think the problem is about how use that plugin, not the theme. You probably chose those categories in “For all Single Entries matching selected criteria”, this means that it will be displayed in all the single posts of that category, for example is shown here: [http://www.circleofvoid.com/viirl-news/v-i-i-r-ls-back/](http://www.circleofvoid.com/viirl-news/v-i-i-r-ls-back/) which is a post of the category viirl-news. Is that the sidebar you wanted? If yes everything is working as it should. If you want that sidebar showing in Categories pages then you have to select it under “For Archives” tab “Category Archives”. * Thread Starter [mort_subite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mort_subite/) * (@mort_subite) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-not-displaying/#post-6037091) * That did it! Thank you very much! Totally didn’t see that other menu below the one that shows up by default when you’re setting up Custom Sidebars. * Thanks again! Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Custom Sidebars not displaying?’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://i0.wp.com/themes.svn.wordpress.org/customizr/4.4.24/screenshot.png) * Customizr * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/customizr/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/customizr/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/customizr/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/customizr/reviews/) * 5 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [mort_subite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mort_subite/) * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-not-displaying/#post-6037091) * Status: resolved