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 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [New 2.5.1 install – Blank Dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-251-install-blank-dashboard/)
 *  [litetaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/litetaker/)
 * (@litetaker)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-251-install-blank-dashboard/page/2/#post-753264)
 * Did ANYONE notice that this problem occurs ONLY in firefox. Well, may be it is
   so only with me.
 * I tried to view my dashboard of wordpress 2.5.1(“without” commenting the wp_dashboard_setup()
   line in wp-admin/index.php) in firefox. Its a blank page.
 * I viewed the same dashboard, in both internet explorer and Opera. It shows up
   perfectly normal.
 * I don’t know why.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Trouble Installing Widgets in Sidebars](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-installing-widgets-in-sidebars/)
 *  Thread Starter [litetaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/litetaker/)
 * (@litetaker)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-installing-widgets-in-sidebars/#post-800484)
 * Hi, Well. Frankly speaking I had 2 issues.
    1. When I log in to my blog, and 
   go to my dashboard, my dashboard turns out to be a blank page. It never loads.
 * To resolve this issue, I looked up for a solution on google. When I searched 
   for “dashboard is a blank page in wordpress 2.5.1” in google, it led me to this
   link via a post in this same forum. [link: [http://whiffer.net/2008/04/11/wp-25-blank-admin-page-fix/](http://whiffer.net/2008/04/11/wp-25-blank-admin-page-fix/)]
 * The author of the article on the resulting page suggested to comment out “wp_dashboard_setup();”
   line in index.php in the folder “wp-admin”.
 * I did it and it worked like a charm. Problem is that you loose functionality.
   The dashboard doesn’t show any info on “recent comments”, “incoming links”, “
   plugins” in use, etc.
 * But it also caused another problem. Me not being able to install widgets in my
   sidebar. Now, I un-commented the “wp_dashboard_setup();” line.
    What happened?
   A. My dashboard appears with full functionality, rather than a blank page (!?).
   B. I can now save my changes to my sidebars 🙂
 * I don’t know why “wp_dashboard_setup();” was the culprit. 🙁
    Can anyone help
   me figure out.

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