Title: widget problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# widget problem

 *  [pohaver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pohaver/)
 * (@pohaver)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-13/)
 * When I drag a search widget to the sidebar, everything else on the sidebar disappears.
   How can I get the search widget posted, but keep my other categories, links, 
   etc in the sidebar?

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-13/#post-1329600)
 * you can’t.
    that is the idea of a dynamic sidebar; it holds some items to show
   while no widgets are dragged into it; when the first widget is in the sidebar,
   they are gone, and you need to drag the widgets of the former elements into it
   as well; this gives you more possibilities in arranging the lists the way you
   want.
 *  Thread Starter [pohaver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pohaver/)
 * (@pohaver)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-13/#post-1329635)
 * Will I lose my links and items in the current sidebar if I do this, or will they
   carry over to the new widgets?
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-13/#post-1329641)
 * they will carry over 😉

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-13/#post-1329641)
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