Title: Enable sidebar
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Enable sidebar

 *  Resolved [Ricsca2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricsca2/)
 * (@ricsca2)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-sidebar/)
 * I can not get to see the standard sidebar of my blog wordpress.
 * In settings I tried to enable and disable the Enable sidebar
    but nothing happens.
 * How so?
 * Thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/cm-answers/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cm-answers/)

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 *  Plugin Author [CreativeMindsSolutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativemindssolutions/)
 * (@creativemindssolutions)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-sidebar/#post-5629423)
 * Once plugin is installed you have a new Widget container called CMA – did you
   try to copy your sidebar widgets over it ?
 *  Thread Starter [Ricsca2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricsca2/)
 * (@ricsca2)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-sidebar/#post-5629453)
 * Can you explain how to do that I did not understand?
    many thanks
 *  Plugin Author [CreativeMindsSolutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativemindssolutions/)
 * (@creativemindssolutions)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-sidebar/#post-5629459)
 * In WordPress admin
 * go to
 * Appearance -> Widgets
 * Locate the CMA container and drag your exiting widgets over to it
 *  [Olaf Lederer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/finalwebsites/)
 * (@finalwebsites)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-sidebar/#post-5629476)
 * Hi,
 * I installed the free version too and there is no sidebar. Looks like the sidebar
   isn’t defined in plugin code. The code is available in the different theme files.
   
   A quick solution would be to add this code into your themes function file:
 *     ```
       function theme_slug_widgets_init() {
           register_sidebar( array(
               'name' => __( 'CM Answers Sidebar', 'theme-slug' ),
               'id' => 'cm-answers-sidebar',
               'description' => __( 'Widgets in this area will be shown on all posts and pages.', 'theme-slug' ),
               'before_title' => '<h3>',
               'after_title' => '</h3>',
           ) );
       }
       add_action( 'widgets_init', 'theme_slug_widgets_init' );
       ```
   
 *  Plugin Author [CreativeMindsSolutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativemindssolutions/)
 * (@creativemindssolutions)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-sidebar/#post-5629586)
 * Was added to 2.5.0

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