Title: ‘Sidebar Widget’ plugin doesn’t work!
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# ‘Sidebar Widget’ plugin doesn’t work!

 *  [MichelZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michelz/)
 * (@michelz)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-widget-plugin-doesnt-work/)
 * I uploaded my ‘Sidebar Widgets’ plugin (from [http://automattic.com/code/widgets/](http://automattic.com/code/widgets/))
   to my web host and things are set up correctly on my host. Now my blog administration
   shows under ‘presentation’ the ‘Sidebar Widgets’ tab, but for some reason I can’t
   drag the widgets between the columns!
 * Any suggestions?
 * Thanks a lot,
 * Michel

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 *  [sierraxrenee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sierraxrenee/)
 * (@sierraxrenee)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-widget-plugin-doesnt-work/#post-621884)
 * why not just upgrade?
 *  Thread Starter [MichelZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michelz/)
 * (@michelz)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-widget-plugin-doesnt-work/#post-621939)
 * Yeah, I see your point but it must work also with WP 2.1.1.
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-widget-plugin-doesnt-work/#post-621949)
 * 2.1.1 is out of date and insecure. Running older versions is dangerous, they 
   have known security issues.
 * Upgrade to WordPress 2.2.3 instead, it doesn’t need the widgets plugin anymore.
 *  Thread Starter [MichelZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michelz/)
 * (@michelz)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-widget-plugin-doesnt-work/#post-622016)
 * But if I upgrade to 2.2.3 as you said, I will loose all my blog posts, settings
   and have to upload version 2.2.3 to my web host as well, correct? Is there an
   easy way to upgrade WP?
 * Thanks,
 * Michel
 *  [Matt B.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dtc/)
 * (@dtc)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-widget-plugin-doesnt-work/#post-622017)
 * You won’t lose anything.
 * 1- backup your DB, make sure your backup is valid
    2- put the new version on 
   your server 3- run /wp-admin/upgrade.php
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-widget-plugin-doesnt-work/#post-622077)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress)

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 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-widget-plugin-doesnt-work/#post-622077)
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