Title: Widgets not adding to theme
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Widgets not adding to theme

 *  [petervee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petervee/)
 * (@petervee)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-not-adding-to-theme/)
 * I have a theme called Sunrise Theme… I have used many different themes on other
   occassions, but this time the widgets are not being added at all. I tried a simple
   calendar, but with no luck. Here is a link to my site: [http://www.veestationcreative.co.za/nestlife](http://www.veestationcreative.co.za/nestlife)
 * Please help….

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-not-adding-to-theme/#post-1086786)
 * How about a link to download that theme?
 *  Thread Starter [petervee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petervee/)
 * (@petervee)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-not-adding-to-theme/#post-1086789)
 * [http://veestationcreative.co.za/nestlife/sunrise_theme.zip](http://veestationcreative.co.za/nestlife/sunrise_theme.zip)
 * try this…
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-not-adding-to-theme/#post-1086796)
 * That looks to be a rather old theme, meaning sidebar.php uses deprecated code(
   e.g. wp_list_cats()) and the theme does not support widgets.
 * Either you would need to widgetize that theme, or use a different theme.
 * [http://www.google.com/search?q=wordpress+how+to+widgetize+a+theme](http://www.google.com/search?q=wordpress+how+to+widgetize+a+theme)
 *  Thread Starter [petervee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petervee/)
 * (@petervee)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-not-adding-to-theme/#post-1086797)
 * Will try and wigetize, thanks for your help…. will try now, will let you know.
 *  Thread Starter [petervee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petervee/)
 * (@petervee)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-not-adding-to-theme/#post-1086802)
 * Nope, its not working for me….
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-not-adding-to-theme/#post-1086803)
 * Look at the WordPress Default theme for examples of a widgetized theme.
 *  Thread Starter [petervee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petervee/)
 * (@petervee)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-not-adding-to-theme/#post-1086933)
 * Fixed…. but there is another error now… check it out, the alignment is out of
   sync…. please help…

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