Thanks much for ruling out plugins as any kind of possible solution.
To support full resolution of this thread… can you help rule-in any advice on theme editing to keep the widgets on permalinks (on the default theme)?
THANKS.
I gathered from other threads that the default wordpress theme leads to this problem… and that modifications are needed — either switching themes or, maybe, installing a plug-in.
Can someone identify a simple plug-in that would solve this problem?
THANKS MUCH.