Title: Help with sidebar widgets
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Help with sidebar widgets

 *  [lemondropshop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lemondropshop/)
 * (@lemondropshop)
 * [19 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-sidebar-widgets/)
 * I am very new at WordPress.
    I installed and activated eMiniMalls widget for 
   WordPress 2.0 and the Sidebar widget plugin, but there are no widget options 
   showing in presentation.
 * I am using the default theme.
 * What could I have messed up?
    I used these instructions [http://automattic.com/code/widgets/use/](http://automattic.com/code/widgets/use/)
 * Any help appreciated thanks
    R

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 *  Thread Starter [lemondropshop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lemondropshop/)
 * (@lemondropshop)
 * [19 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-sidebar-widgets/#post-389604)
 * I notice that the plugins that were alrady installed with wordpress are not working
   when I activate them as well. I must be doing something wrong here.
    R
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [19 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-sidebar-widgets/#post-390014)
 * The default theme in WordPress is not Widgets-enabled. If you downloaded the 
   widgets plugin itself, it came with replacements for those default themes which
   are Widgets-enabled. Replace those themes, activate the plugins, and Bob’s your
   uncle.
 *  [antiartist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antiartist/)
 * (@antiartist)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-sidebar-widgets/#post-390209)
 * Ok, I’m confused by Otto’s solution.
 * My theme isn’t widget-enabled, I figured this much. I downloaded a widget which
   came in a zip file. In the zip, there was only one file, the widget php file.
   This was uploaded and the plug-in was enabled from the admin panel.
 * What am I supposed to ‘replace’ and with what am I supposed to replace them with?
 *  [antiartist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antiartist/)
 * (@antiartist)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-sidebar-widgets/#post-390218)
 * Ok, I think I figured this out months ago. But I can’t recall exactly what my
   post was about.
 * As well as activiating the plugin from within the WordPress admin panel, the 
   author of the plugin has probably mentioned somewhere that a piece of code has
   to be inserted in a page.
 * The code is a PHP call function and while I do not understand what exactly a 
   CALL is doing, it’s needed. Some authors will suggest where to insert this piece
   of code; some won’t. Basically, you’re going to have to learn a little bit about
   where calls should go in a page of code. Yes, it’s a learning curve but having
   toys requires u to learn too 🙂
 * Try harrassing the author of the plugin/widget you’re trying to install if you
   really aren’t sure what to do. Do try to learn though; authors get annoyed by
   useless people who just want someone to tell them what to do.

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 * Last activity: [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-sidebar-widgets/#post-390218)
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