We have told you about Latest WordPress update to WordPress 2.8.4 few days back and today I realize a little or lets say big problem with the latest version of wordpress.
WordPress 2.8* has widget drag and drop problem and it has been reported by many users in the support forum.
There are two problems which is faced by latest update of wordpress 2.8*
- Widget Lost
- Widget Drag and drop not working
I faced the widget drag and drop problem and because of that I can remove the widgets from the sidebar but can’t add any. Thanks to WordPress support forum and I got the solution to this problem.
WordPress Widgets has accessibility mode which can be enable by clicking at top, Screen option under Appearance> Widgets and activate the Widget accessibility mode. Here are screenshots which will guide you through this problem.
You can select the sidebar on which you want this widget to appear. Though this is simple work around for wordpress widget problem.
I’m expecting another update from wordpress which should resolve this issue.
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i already done that time when i ugraded to 2.8.2!!
this really works!
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Hiren lucky you and I found this problem with my wordpress recently.
The same problem I already faced while enabling footer widget.
I think WordPress developers are too lazy to check all the functionality proper.
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Surender I’m still unsure if its the problem with wordpress or few Wordpress themes.
Every update of WP has some improved features and some drowbacks too. I dont know whether WP deliberately leave some pitfalls
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Atul Wordpress will never do it and this problem could be because of theme also. Though I’m uncertain about the root cause of the problem. So can’t really blame wordpress for it.
I will keep this in mind..
Sham I will rather say Its better if you don’t have to use this..But in case you face similar kind of problem..This will be your rescue point.
I had a problem with the widgets last night when I was trying to drag and drop and you eventually had to do it from your side. I thought it was my connection, but after reading this, I think it was not on my side.
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George Initially Even I thought so..but I was wrong..and had to find a solution.
hiiiiiii harsh
I just want to know which plugin or method u r using to add image in your excerpt ?
nice post and thanks for these valuable information’s you provide in your site.
Bhanu I’m not using any plugin , its Thesis theme inbuilt feature..
For some reason it feels like Wordpress have plenty more bugs now since they started to release updates more frequently. With the old 2.7 there were almost never any bugs.
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Thats the main reason we are seeing some quick updates from Wordpress and thats a good thing because every new updates we are seeing some new features…
Thanks so much for this tip! I’ve been searching the web for 45 minutes trying to figure out what the heck was going on and how to fix it. Your tip nailed it and I’m grateful.
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Thanks Tammy for your comment and I feel glad that this post is doing its job pretty well.
I would like to solve my problem if I could access de Screen Option.
But appears to be a problem in all my wp panel.. I CANT ACCESS THE ARROWS TO OPEN THE OPTIONS!
Is there anyone with this same problem in wp 2.8.4??
I need help… everything is stuked here
Thanks
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Claudia you should try changing your browser and see if it works for you or not . Let me know else I will try to find some alternative solution.
I too cannot get my Screen Options menu to open up and display the dropdown, thus I can’t change the settings necessary to put my widgets back in the sidebar. Does anyone have any advice as to how maybe I could manually hardcode a plugin (specifically Sub-pages widget v1.1) or modify the db to change the Screen Option setting from there?
Hi people I’m not sure if I discovered the problem but worked with me.
Al those WP update problems happened only when i use Firefox. When i tried use Internet Explorer it worked properly. Now i’m using firefox plugin to appear as ie. It’s working normally. The sad thing is to know that there is an incompability with firefox. Maybe it’s on purpose. Microsoft sucks (LOL).
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Claudia it happens some time. Most of the time Wordpress dashboard problem is fixed by either deleting your cookies, and cache or by changing your browser.
I’m using WP 2.9.1 and Still the Widgets are not working… It doesn’t word in accessibility mode either.
Have cleared cache, changed browser. I am using the default theme and no plugins either active or installed.
There’s deffiantely a problem with WordPress that must go back years…
Any idea what I could be missing?
There must be some bug with your wordpress core file in this case. You can try reinstalling Wordpress , though take a complete backup before that..
I found the solution!
I’m new to IIS7 and have been using IIS6 on Windows 2003 for the past 5 years. It turns out that I read some very bad advice from some websites, they resommended that to speed things up I use the .php extension in the Output Cache.
As soon as I deleted that entry and refreshed the page it all started working perfectly!
Awesome! I’ve been wrecking my brain for half an hour trying to figure out what was wrong. Removing plugins, changing themes, etc., and all I had to do was go into Screen Options, haha.
Thanks for the info! I’ll be sure to keep it somewhere I won’t lost it – for when it happens again.
The bug is still in wp 2.9.2. Thanks for your post. Finally, I found this solution. It is the only and the best solution to fix it out.
2much I’m on wordpress 2.9.2 and not seeing this bug. I thought it has been resolved. Glad this old post helped you.
Thanx!!!
Hi,
I’m having the problem with drag and drop but I can’t get the “screen options button to work. I have a problem switching the html mode to visual mode on post editing. I have no active widgets and I have a fresh installation of the wp 2.9.2. Does somebody have an idea of what to do?
Thanks, greetings from france