Jetpack's Widget Visibility not working

Hi Richard,

Sorry for taking so long. Right now, this is a local development site, so I can’t technically give you access to it… I hope this screenshots can help.

1. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zqdjet45emh971f/Screenshot%202013-10-11%2018.33.26.png
2. https://www.dropbox.com/s/gl5mxuvep8ebgrf/Screenshot%202013-10-11%2018.33.44.png
3. https://www.dropbox.com/s/hu2fgifm8sf17u2/Screenshot%202013-10-11%2018.34.02.png
4. https://www.dropbox.com/s/61sombhtfq79hhu/Screenshot%202013-10-11%2018.34.10.png
5. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ioloaq682g6f242/Screenshot%202013-10-11%2018.34.27.png
6. https://www.dropbox.com/s/mnn8ddci5az6wh8/Screenshot%202013-10-11%2018.34.41.png
7. https://www.dropbox.com/s/8n1sx81l8sxgr0p/Screenshot%202013-10-11%2018.35.15.png

Thank you very much!

Thanks for the screenshots! I know how to fix it. Rather than choosing “if Page is Blog”, choose “If Page is Posts Page” at the very top, like in this screenshot:

https://d.pr/i/i3eD

That should fix it for you!

Aw god, it makes all sense…
But I must sat I find that a bit glitchy.

You’re right, you’re not the first person to stumble on this issue. Any suggestions on how to have made it clearer?

Maybe the most effective solution would be getting the same result whether I’d choose “Blog” or “Posts Page” in the Visibility pane, since they’re actually the same, at the giving moment.

Or maybe merging “Blog” and “Posts Page” in the dropdown menu, making clear of that page “role”.

But hey, thanks a lot for your help, guys!

Hi – I’m using the Mantra Theme from Cryout Creations. I use the Standard Format for all my posts. When I go into the widget area to change the selections no option to change anything appears, not even a visibility button.

Thanks for your help!

Are you sure that you the module “widget visibility” activated, in Jetpack settings?

I am having the same problem as Duffy on a wordpress mu installation.
Disabled all plugin except wordpress mu domain mapping
Uninstalled and reinstalled jetpack and still the same

As I looked closer it seems that I had no option to activate or deactivate any of jetpack’s features

View post on imgur.com

Are there any database tables or files that jetpack stores additional configuration?

@dimit: If you require assistance then, as per the Forum Welcome, please post your own topic.

dimit: Have you connected to a WordPress.com account? Some themes do naughty things like hide all notifications in the admin panel, including the connect nag. If you switch themes to twentythirteen, does it then let you connect?

george:it seems that there was a problem with my testing environment

When there is a normal wordpress installation on “localhost” most modules of jetpack work without connecting.

When using wordpress MU on a local machine there is the need to define “localhost.[something]” for the domains to work.
Which somehow interferes with Jetpack, disabling it completely.

Also, any unauthorized certificates (ssl) will also break the connection process.

Tested it on a Live clean MU installation and everything works perfectly.

Thank you very much for your fast support.

After getting the same issue I found this post and decided to let you know how I have fixed it but, after fixing it I realised it may have been covered however,

For me it was for an ad on one of my pages called Articles. The page “Articles” is what I wanted to “only show” the ad on and it showed on all others pages when i chose them i.e. about us, but nothing for Articles.

The reason is my blog posts go to the Articles page and therefore the Articles page is set to Posts Page. The widget no longer bothers with Articles and requires me to use the Posts Page. This now works for me but I will update should there be any issues.

[email address moderated – these forums do not provide support via email] if you want any help.

HI fpsdf,

Yes, the widget was activated. I deactivated it and activated it again. I followed their exampled of the Archives widget and still no visibility button.

@duffy Bear Could you please start your own thread, as per the Forum Welcome?
https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/jetpack#postform

Thank you!