Title: Adding widgets not allowed….
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Adding widgets not allowed….

 *  [beanbag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beanbag/)
 * (@beanbag)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-widgets-not-allowed/)
 * I’ve just installed WP2.6 and I’m in the process of adding dynamic widgets to
   my side bar.
 * Everything works perfect apart from one item. Some widgets are simply not available!
 * I’ve tried everything I know to fix this without any luck whatsoever.
 * [This is a link to a screenshot showing my problem.](http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6726/widgetspn5.jpg)

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 *  Thread Starter [beanbag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beanbag/)
 * (@beanbag)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-widgets-not-allowed/#post-965103)
 * Anyone?
 * I still have this issue and I’m now sure it can be fixed directly within the 
   WP database, however whenever I make any changes to it, I get a PHP error at 
   line 621 on WP-widgets.php.
 * Any idea how to make changes to the DB entry directly?
 * I have the following DB within “WP_options” entry and I’ve noticed I have effectively
   2 sidebars blocking “sidebar-1” control of the remaining widgets. Even my dashboard
   is reporting 8 widgets in use when only 2 are being used.
 * `a:3:{s:12:"wp_dashboard";a:6:{i:0;s:8:"calendar";i:1;s:8:"archives";i:3;s:5:"
   rss-1";i:4;s:6:"search";i:5;s:5:"pages";i:6;s:4:"meta";}s:9:"sidebar-1";a:0:{}
   s:13:"array_version";i:3;}`
 * I’ve tried even removing the code altogether but this doesn’t seem to work.
 * Does anyone have any idea what “a, s” or “i” mean within the DB parameters?
 * Any help would be massively appreciated!
 * BB
 *  Thread Starter [beanbag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beanbag/)
 * (@beanbag)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-widgets-not-allowed/#post-965105)
 * OK! I found a fix on another forum. I’m not sure why the problem happened but
   I basically pasted the default WP DB code for “WP_Options -> Sidebars_widgets”.
 * Use the following DB entry to “reset” your sidebar if you have this issue:
 * `a:1:{s:13:"array_version";i:3;}`
 * Everything works perfectly now.
 * Now if only I could add a title to the search widget!
 * BB
 *  [pye46](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pye46/)
 * (@pye46)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-widgets-not-allowed/#post-965216)
 * Thank you so much, beanbag. I have been looking for this answer too. It was exactly
   what I needed.

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [pye46](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pye46/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-widgets-not-allowed/#post-965216)
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