Cannot access widgets – permissions error after upgrade to 2.8.3

Can’t drag and drop widgets
screen options and help don’t work
There is another thread on this issue in the forums that goes back 2 months ago someone from word press should wake up cause this is killing us.

I’ve been struggling with upgrade issues for a couple weeks now and finally ran to my server admin begging for help. He looked into my wp file structure and found that my wp_includes>js folder wasn’t present.

I’ve occasionally had it happen before that when I recursively delete a folder with my ftp client and then upload a new folder with the same name, the new folder is sort of ghosted – I can see it in my ftp client’s file list but it isn’t actually recognized on my server. Maybe that’s what happened here.

The admin did a new install of wp into a different folder in my site and moved the new install’s js folder from there to my blog. Now everything js dependent – drag and drop widgets and other stuff – works fine.

He also found out that the ‘long post not appearing bug’ has to do with a server side security feature called mod_security. Admin changed a setting and now that behaviour functions normally too and I can make long posts again.

My other issue – sidebar customization – resolved itself without additional intervention and the sidebar was displayed properly after this fix was carried out.

@ kimijye “He also found out that the ‘long post not appearing bug’ has to do with a server side security feature called mod_security. Admin changed a setting and now that behaviour functions normally too and I can make long posts again.”

Can we know what this security setting is and how to change it?

Thank you for your explanations – what forums are for. Wish everyone would do this.

same here … what is it?

I have access to change mod_security, but I would need to know what was changed.

Take a look at these instructions – https://www.nologorequired.com/wp/2009/03/27/apache-mod_security-whitelisting-a-file/

Following those instructions for the blacklist/whitelisting ended up returning “500 Internal Server Error” messages. Now if you go to the website that you linked, it is also returning the same 500 Internal Server Errors as well.

WTF!! WP Even the new 2.8.5. update didn’t fix this problem!! As if..

ANyone find a fix for this? I have tried the above but no luck.
I am running 2.9.1 now and nothing.

The theme I created needs widgets.

arghhh

Anyone? PLease!

THanks

Ok I got it to work!!

I had to add “include(‘./includes/widgets.php’);” to widgets.php

Hope this helps some people!!

Where did you add that emilbus20?
Because stll after a new install of WP
I still get wp-admin/themes.php?page=widgets.php
in the Appearance – Widgets instead of wp-admin/widgets.php
I could fix this but I have no idea which file needs to be fixed.
I checked all three widgets.php and they seem to be correct!

This is a real pain…. I deal with multiple blogs and can’t seem to find the soloution. (I’m using FireFox and tried IE same issue)

OMG I just figured it out!!!
Look in your plugin folder
if you have a widgets.php there.
Delete it! And the problem is fixed!!!

Is someone finding a solution for this?!

Can you give me the link to the theme you are using?…I suppose your theme is not widget supported

LOL