Title: Spacing between sidebar widgets
Last modified: June 24, 2017

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# Spacing between sidebar widgets

 *  Resolved [semperaye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/semperaye/)
 * (@semperaye)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spacing-between-sidebar-widgets-2/)
 * This might sound like a dumb question but I’m having issues with sidebar formatting
   after switching themes. Before, I would simply use <br> after a code in a text
   widget to make additional space between the next widget in that same sidebar.
   With generate press, this no longer seems to be working. I also had a couple 
   widgets that didn’t show up at all, the widgets just stopped where the footer
   widgets began, instead of just pushing the footer widgets down like what would
   have happened in my previous theme.
 * For example:
    [https://test.salamatphilippines.com/philippines-forum/forum/regions/luzon-regional-forums/bicol-regional-forums/](https://test.salamatphilippines.com/philippines-forum/forum/regions/luzon-regional-forums/bicol-regional-forums/)
   Here you can see that the map widget text is touching the footer widget. Since
   each forum has different formatting, it’s best to put in additional line breaks
   in the widgets instead of increasing the top margin of the footer per pages.
 * Thanx 🙂
 * Any ideas?
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by [semperaye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/semperaye/).

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 *  Theme Author [Tom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edge22/)
 * (@edge22)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spacing-between-sidebar-widgets-2/#post-9258096)
 * This is likely due to the WordPress 4.8 update where the text widget became a
   visual editor, which strips HTML elements like that.
 * On the page you linked to, the widget isn’t anywhere near the footer?
 *  Thread Starter [semperaye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/semperaye/)
 * (@semperaye)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spacing-between-sidebar-widgets-2/#post-9258948)
 * I was able to “fix it” on certain pages by hitting enter a few times in the visual
   editor, but not with those pages with the map widgets. See the following: [http://imgur.com/a/sa2SG](http://imgur.com/a/sa2SG)
   The text hits the footer widgets. Additionally, if I try to add another widget
   under the map, like an ad or another map for example, then the new widget will
   not show up.
 *  Theme Author [Tom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edge22/)
 * (@edge22)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spacing-between-sidebar-widgets-2/#post-9259157)
 * Hmm, hard to tell. It looks like you’re using a script to make the content/sidebar
   the same height. Maybe try removing that script for now?
 *  Thread Starter [semperaye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/semperaye/)
 * (@semperaye)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spacing-between-sidebar-widgets-2/#post-9259306)
 * Your right, it was the “Fixed widget.” That sucks because I really liked that
   plugin 🙁 After enabled/re-enable of that plugin, the new widgets can be displayed,
   but they still don’t push down the footer widget area with fixed is used 🙁
 *  Theme Author [Tom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edge22/)
 * (@edge22)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spacing-between-sidebar-widgets-2/#post-9260946)
 * Have you tried this plugin by chance?: [https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/sticky-menu-or-anything-on-scroll/](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/sticky-menu-or-anything-on-scroll/)
 *  Thread Starter [semperaye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/semperaye/)
 * (@semperaye)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spacing-between-sidebar-widgets-2/#post-9264279)
 * It’s not big deal I guess, I’m trying to eliminate as many plugins as possible
   anyway. Thanks.
 *  Theme Author [Tom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edge22/)
 * (@edge22)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spacing-between-sidebar-widgets-2/#post-9264309)
 * No problem 🙂

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