Title: Widgets Displaying Improperly Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Widgets Displaying Improperly * [GardenerPA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gardenerpa/) * (@gardenerpa) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-displaying-improperly/) * Hello, * I’ve been trying out, adding, and deleting right sidebar widgets to find the best mix for my site. The problem: when I’m logged in as the administrator, the sidebar widgets display correctly. When I’m logged out, they reorder and move into incorrect positions. How can I make the settings global (all the widgets appear in the same order on each page) regardless of when I’m logged in or out. * I did try a per page sidebar widget, but deactivated it. It may still be affecting my pages. How do I negate its effects? * Thank you in advance. * John Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) * (@zoonini) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-displaying-improperly/#post-2943542) * That shouldn’t happen. * Does it still happen when you deactivate all plugins? * When you switch temporarily to a default theme like TwentyEleven? (note that you may need to reset some theme-specific settings after) * What theme are you using? * Thread Starter [GardenerPA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gardenerpa/) * (@gardenerpa) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-displaying-improperly/#post-2943562) * Hi Zoonini, * I just went in and removed all the sidebar widgets. I set them up again and they looked fine. I checked about 50 pages (while logged in as admin). After logging out, I found many pages that were incorrect. * This problem seems to be connected to whether I’m logged in. Any ideas? I am using a custom theme that I created via Artisteer. * Is there a setting in the dashboard somewhere that could be causing this? * Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) * (@zoonini) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-displaying-improperly/#post-2943563) * Hi there, would it be possible to try the two troubleshooting steps I mentioned above? They are crucial to narrowing down the culprit. I’ve never seen this issue before. * Does it still happen when you deactivate all plugins? If not, reactivate them one by one, checking your site in between each, to find which one is hte culprit. * Does this happen when you switch temporarily to a default theme like TwentyEleven?( note that you may need to reset some theme-specific settings after) * > I am using a custom theme that I created via Artisteer. * The issue could certainly be something theme-related, so in order to rule that out you may want to try switching to a default theme, as I mentioned above. * Thread Starter [GardenerPA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gardenerpa/) * (@gardenerpa) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-displaying-improperly/#post-2943570) * Hello, * I deactivated each plugin to test and nothing made any difference. I then deactivated each related plugin and deleted the files for each. I rebuilt the widgets and installed a new random theme. I then reloaded my last theme and added an adsense widget. The widget only shows adsenseads when I’m logged in as admin. When I log out, the ads don’t show. * This has something to do with the admin. Why would ads only show to the administrator? It doesn’t matter which widget/plugin I use for adsense-it only shows up when I’m logged in. * Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) * (@zoonini) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-displaying-improperly/#post-2943572) * Hmm – this is the first time you’ve mentioned anything about ads and AdSense. * Could you provide a link to a page on your site where an AdSense ad should be displaying? * What AdSense plugins are you using? * Have you tried viewing your site in different browsers? Can you see the ads there? * Are you running any ad-blocker exetensions? * Thread Starter [GardenerPA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gardenerpa/) * (@gardenerpa) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-displaying-improperly/#post-2943583) * It should be showing on the right sidebar column where it says recent posts. This widget (recent posts) should move down one position. * When I login it shows correctly across all pages. * [http://tinyurl.com/9qo6cem](http://tinyurl.com/9qo6cem) * It shows correctly here under “Sponsors”: * [http://tinyurl.com/8o9ojm7](http://tinyurl.com/8o9ojm7) * The odd thing is that it shows correctly on internal pages/not on main navigational pages index/main categories etc. * Let me know your thoughts (and thanks for your help). * Thread Starter [GardenerPA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gardenerpa/) * (@gardenerpa) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-displaying-improperly/#post-2943584) * Note: it doesn’t display on **all** internal pages–just some of them. I’m really baffled. * Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) * (@zoonini) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-displaying-improperly/#post-2943588) * Are you using an AdSense plugin? Could you provide link to it so I can take a look? * Thread Starter [GardenerPA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gardenerpa/) * (@gardenerpa) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-displaying-improperly/#post-2943599) * I’m not using an adsense plugin; I figured it was time to avoid them. I’m using a standard text widget. * The only plugin that I can think of (that could have started an issue) is a page- specific sidebar widget. I think it was this one. I deleted it weeks ago: * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page-specific-sidebars/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page-specific-sidebars/) * Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) * (@zoonini) * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-displaying-improperly/#post-2943602) * Did you completely delete the plugin from your server via FTP? Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Widgets Displaying Improperly’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 10 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-displaying-improperly/#post-2943602) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics