Title: Help. Widget settings will not save
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Help. Widget settings will not save

 *  [Hello Friend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieldickey/)
 * (@danieldickey)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-widget-settings-will-not-save/)
 * I’m having an issue with my widget settings not saving. This is happening with
   multiple widgets and I’ve tried deactivating and reactivating all of them.
 * I’ll click a preference, click save, and when I refresh the page it has gone 
   back to the original setting.
 * Thank you for your help.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-widget-settings-will-not-save/#post-3697571)
 * Can you replicate the problem using the default 2012 theme with **all** plugins
   deactivated?
 *  Thread Starter [Hello Friend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieldickey/)
 * (@danieldickey)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-widget-settings-will-not-save/#post-3697573)
 * Well I should clarify, I’m using plugins that affect the widgets. But I just 
   tried deactivating all but one and using the 2012 theme and the problem is still
   persisting.
 * My blog is: [http://www.danieldickey.com](http://www.danieldickey.com)
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-widget-settings-will-not-save/#post-3697574)
 * You are using Thesis – not Twenty Twelve. And have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 *  Thread Starter [Hello Friend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieldickey/)
 * (@danieldickey)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-widget-settings-will-not-save/#post-3697590)
 * I am using Thesis, but switched to 2012 to try what you said. It didn’t work 
   so I switched back.
 * I’ll try again. Hold on.
 * Also, I’m having a problem with no one being able to leave a comment, they just
   get 404’d. Any advice on that?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-widget-settings-will-not-save/#post-3697593)
 * It may well be all part of the same problem. Can we see the site using 2012?
 *  Thread Starter [Hello Friend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieldickey/)
 * (@danieldickey)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-widget-settings-will-not-save/#post-3697597)
 * Ok, back to 2012. No comments here either.
 * I can’t figure out what it could be.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-widget-settings-will-not-save/#post-3697600)
 * Can you also try switching back to the default permalink structure?
 *  Thread Starter [Hello Friend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieldickey/)
 * (@danieldickey)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-widget-settings-will-not-save/#post-3697601)
 * Even with all the plugins disabled comment aren’t working.
 *  Thread Starter [Hello Friend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieldickey/)
 * (@danieldickey)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-widget-settings-will-not-save/#post-3697603)
 * How do I switch back to that?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-widget-settings-will-not-save/#post-3697607)
 * Via Settings -> Permalinks. Select the default preset and then Update Permalinks.
 *  Thread Starter [Hello Friend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieldickey/)
 * (@danieldickey)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-widget-settings-will-not-save/#post-3697609)
 * Ok. Done.
 * The comments don’t 404, but still nothing happens.

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 * Last reply from: [Hello Friend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieldickey/)
 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-widget-settings-will-not-save/#post-3697609)
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