Title: Edit buttons on widgets
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Edit buttons on widgets

 *  [DocSheldon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/docsheldon/)
 * (@docsheldon)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-buttons-on-widgets/)
 * I recently updated one of my UK sites to version 4.5.2–en_GB, whereupon I noticed
   that the traditional drag & drop method of setting up widgets in the backend 
   had disappeared, leaving me with this:
    [http://www.awesomescreenshot.com/0c75vzc02e](http://www.awesomescreenshot.com/0c75vzc02e)
   A colleague corroborated that recent changes had affected widgets this way, but
   that her version didn’t have the edit button. Another colleague provided me with
   this screenshot: [http://screencast.com/t/RVjSspmz658](http://screencast.com/t/RVjSspmz658)
   Both these colleagues are US-based and wouldn’t be running the en_GB version,
   so some differences might make sense to me. However, on several of my US-based
   sites, I’m running the US version of 4.5.2 and the traditional drag & drop widget
   placement still exists. Can anyone shed any light on this? I’ve investigated 
   possible WP install issues (replaced the wp-admin and wp-includes folders), removed
   all plugins… I even tried changing themes to 2015 to see if somehow some changes
   I’d implemented in my child theme were at fault. Am I chasing my tail? Is this
   just something that’s unique to the en_GB version?

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 *  Thread Starter [DocSheldon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/docsheldon/)
 * (@docsheldon)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-buttons-on-widgets/#post-7404427)
 * I just updated another of my UK sites to 4.5.2 en_GB version and the widgets 
   pages there still shows the traditional drag & drop style. So I guess that shoots
   down _that_ explanation.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-buttons-on-widgets/#post-7404435)
 * make sure to have javascript enabled in your browser.
 *  Thread Starter [DocSheldon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/docsheldon/)
 * (@docsheldon)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-buttons-on-widgets/#post-7404436)
 * It’s enabled, Michael. Thanks.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-buttons-on-widgets/#post-7404463)
 * > It’s enabled, Michael. Thanks.
 * is your problem resolved by having javascript enabled?
 *  Thread Starter [DocSheldon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/docsheldon/)
 * (@docsheldon)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-buttons-on-widgets/#post-7404470)
 * No, Michael… that was one of the first things I checked, last night… it was enabled
   all along.
 *  Thread Starter [DocSheldon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/docsheldon/)
 * (@docsheldon)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-buttons-on-widgets/#post-7404492)
 * I don’t know that this offers anything, Michael, but this is the version.php 
   file from the site:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
        * The WordPress version string
        *
        * @global string $wp_version
        */
       $wp_version = '4.5.2';
   
       /**
        * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.
        *
        * @global int $wp_db_version
        */
       $wp_db_version = 36686;
   
       /**
        * Holds the TinyMCE version
        *
        * @global string $tinymce_version
        */
       $tinymce_version = '4310-20160418';
   
       /**
        * Holds the required PHP version
        *
        * @global string $required_php_version
        */
       $required_php_version = '5.2.4';
   
       /**
        * Holds the required MySQL version
        *
        * @global string $required_mysql_version
        */
       $required_mysql_version = '5.0';
       ```
   

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## Tags

 * [button](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/button/)
 * [edit](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/edit/)
 * [widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widgets/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [DocSheldon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/docsheldon/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-buttons-on-widgets/#post-7404492)
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