WP 5.8 customizer not loading with WP themes

  • When this plugin is enabled and any one of the WordPress “default” themes (Twenty xyz) is active, then the Customizer fails to load. The preview is not displayed and the sidebar only shows the item “Widgets” but there is nothing in it.

    I also checked by disabling all plugins and only enabling this plugin. Same.
    With other themes, this isn’t happening.

    All themes und plugins are updated.

    Maybe some issue with the new “Widgets” area, introduced in WP 5.8.

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  • I just tried this plugin and it’s not working on 5.8. It just shows this message: “Widget not in any sidebars”, but it is, and the widget is properly working in other sidebars.

    Plugin Author anmari

    (@anmari)

    Hi, It’s working for me on twenty-twenty-one & twenty-twenty themes with only this plugin and the beta tester plugin active.

    Try using https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/classic-widgets/ Seems quite a few are having widget problems independent of any use of my plugin.

    There was something odd with another theme I had active at time that I upgraded. or it was slow to show up? I didn’t debug further since it works with wp themes and I was not interested in the other theme.

    Also please try the usual debugging of minimal setup with wp theme and then slowly switching to desired theme and reactivating plugins

    This plugin is actually extremely simple. No js added. It may be that the addition of the extra widget area is unexpected by the theme and so some weird thing is happening?

    Without a reproducible problem though, it is hard to take it further.

    Plugin Author anmari

    (@anmari)

    Oh dear, checkout the reviews and downloads for https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/classic-widgets/advanced/. Seems to be in high demand.

    Plugin Author anmari

    (@anmari)

    Hmm – more testing and some oddities with adding some new widgets. Let me know any specifics you may be able to determine. And see if the class widgets help.

    What I have for now:
    Customiser does load (bit slow). Not a fan of it, cannot drag and drop widgets between sidebars, feels harder more painful. Classic widget a godsend.

    in wp5.8 customiser, some widgets are all good in the widget sidebar.
    OTHER widgets are fine and work ok, one can see the do_widget prompt and it works when added to the page. The id’s may be messed up somehow eg: [do_widget categories] works but [do_widget id=categories-6] doesn’t. It’s as though the ids have changed somehow.

    I’ll have to explore see what has changed in the wp identification of the widgets.

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by anmari.
    • This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by anmari. Reason: clarification
    Plugin Author anmari

    (@anmari)

    Please see https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/wp5-8-use-classic-widgets-plugin-with-this-plugin/

    @anmari -the install growth of Classic Widgets simply shows how popular Classic Editor still is and how Gutenberg is far from general adoption. I really pity theme developers that are betting all their savings on blocks…

    Instead of using both “Classic” plugins I recommend only the single one and excellent “Disable Gutenberg” that does the job for both – disables Gutenberg and activates both Classic Editor AND Classic Widgets.

    Thanks for your excellent plugin!

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