Title: Primary sidebar missing with plugin
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Primary sidebar missing with plugin

 *  [newbiecoder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newbiecoder/)
 * (@newbiecoder)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/primary-sidebar-missing-with-plugin/)
 * HI
 * I installed the plug-in and then realised my primary sidebar was missing from
   widgets in Appearance on the dashboard. I deactivated the plug-in and it returned.
   The Header has also gone missing from Appearance and has not returned on deactivating
   the plug-in.
 * I’m using Genesis 2.0.1 and Executive Pro.
 * Thanks
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-simple-sidebars/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-simple-sidebars/)

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 *  Plugin Support [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/primary-sidebar-missing-with-plugin/#post-4353386)
 * Please disable all plugins and test, even the plugins you don’t think are the
   problem. Please make sure they are all disabled at once, not just one at a time
   because sometimes more than one plugin is to blame.
 * If this gets better you can start turning on your plugins in small groups. I 
   like to go 4 at a time so I get done 4 times faster and narrow the problem to
   just the 4 plugins when things break again.
 * If the problem you are trying to diagnose is with one of the StudioPress plugins
   you may leave that active to see if the other plugins are conflicting with it.
 * If disabling all plugins does not resolve this please report back with as much
   information as you can about what happened during this part of the testing.
 *  Thread Starter [newbiecoder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newbiecoder/)
 * (@newbiecoder)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/primary-sidebar-missing-with-plugin/#post-4353392)
 * Hi
 * I disable all plug ins and the Primary Sidebar re-appears. PS only disappears
   when Simple Sidebars is activated. It does not re-appear with any combination
   of plug-ins that I can find that involves Simple Sidebars, leading me to the 
   conclusion that the problem plug-in in this instance is Simple Sidebars.
 * The header still has not re-appeared in Appearance.
 * Thanks.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Ron Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmuguru/)
 * (@wpmuguru)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/primary-sidebar-missing-with-plugin/#post-4353402)
 * Try re-installing Simple Sidebars.

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/genesis-simple-sidebars/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1335778)
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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Ron Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmuguru/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/primary-sidebar-missing-with-plugin/#post-4353402)
 * Status: not resolved