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Custom sidebar not replacing theme sidebar

Custom sidebars assigned to a page or category do not replace the theme sidebar on the front end, or their widgets fail to show.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 29 April 2021 · last reported 31 October 2024

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Several site owners set up a custom sidebar in the back end, and it appears in the widgets screen, but the front end still shows the theme's default sidebar.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.