Custom sidebar widgets vanish without warning
Widgets in custom sidebars go missing at random or after activation, and sites must re-import them from backup.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 4 December 2019 · last reported 9 June 2025
What's going wrong
Site owners report that widgets placed in custom sidebars disappear at random, with no error logged.
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 4 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.