Warning: require_once(/home/x/public_html/wp-includes/default-widgets.php

what wp files did you remove and why?

As suggested by a friend; putting a ” return; ” before the code works.
But it’s not the solution. For some reasons when i upload default-widgets.php to server and refresh, it disappears!

Let me know the solution if possible.
Thank you!

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return;
require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . ‘/default-widgets.php’ );

add_action( ‘_admin_menu’, ‘wp_widgets_add_menu’ );
}
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@jaycbrf

I didn’t remove any files!
I copied files from live server to my PC; deleted files in public_html and uploaded another WP theme i am working on.

When i did this procedure a second time it stopped working with the error.
But look at my last reply as putting “return;” before the code in functions.php lets the site load!

Let me know what you think?

The code you are showing above is not complete. You have an add_action call for the admin_menu hook and a wp_widgets_add_menu function but you do not show the function… So I can not tell.

@jaycbrf

Here’s the snippet you need from functions.php

/**
 * Determines if Widgets library should be loaded.
 *
 * Checks to make sure that the widgets library hasn't already been loaded.
 * If it hasn't, then it will load the widgets library and run an action hook.
 *
 * @since 2.2.0
 */
function wp_maybe_load_widgets() {
	/**
	 * Filter whether to load the Widgets library.
	 *
	 * Passing a falsey value to the filter will effectively short-circuit
	 * the Widgets library from loading.
	 *
	 * @since 2.8.0
	 *
	 * @param bool $wp_maybe_load_widgets Whether to load the Widgets library.
	 *                                    Default true.
	 */
	if ( ! apply_filters( 'load_default_widgets', true ) ) {
		return;
	}
	return;
	require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/default-widgets.php' );

	add_action( '_admin_menu', 'wp_widgets_add_menu' );
}

/**
 * Append the Widgets menu to the themes main menu.
 *
 * @since 2.2.0
 */
function wp_widgets_add_menu() {
	global $submenu;

	if ( ! current_theme_supports( 'widgets' ) )
		return;

	$submenu['themes.php'][7] = array( __( 'Widgets' ), 'edit_theme_options', 'widgets.php' );
	ksort( $submenu['themes.php'], SORT_NUMERIC );
}

• This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by johnatanasoff.
• This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by johnatanasoff.