Title: Malfunctioning widgets page.
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Malfunctioning widgets page.

 *  [Garr5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garr5/)
 * (@garr5)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malfunctioning-widgets-page/)
 * Hi all,
 * having a distressful problem with my widgets under Appearence > widgets.
 * I am trying to edit a widget yet the page seems to be rigid/static. I cannot 
   drag any widgets nor can I expand or collapse the activated ones. This obviously
   wasn’t the case before because the widgets worked enough to be activated (the
   ones currently active).
 * Unfortunately I wasn’t present to see what changed as I was brought onto the 
   project late. Does anyone know what could be causing the page to refuse to work?
 * This is the general link: **[http://xxxxxx/wp-admin/widgets.php](http://xxxxxx/wp-admin/widgets.php)**
 * But sometimes when i click the inactive boxes it picks up something in its url
   namely: **[http://xxxxxxx/wp-admin/widgets.php#available-widgets](http://xxxxxxx/wp-admin/widgets.php#available-widgets)**
 * I’d greatly appreciate your help on this

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malfunctioning-widgets-page/#post-5828701)
 * Try deactivating your plugins to see if any are causing that problem.
 * BTW, using an outdated version of WP is a security risk – any reason you’re on
   3.8.3 – which is now several versions behind and will require you to manually
   update – be sure to see:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended#Upgrading_Across_Multiple_Versions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended#Upgrading_Across_Multiple_Versions)

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malfunctioning-widgets-page/#post-5828701)
 * Status: not resolved

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