Title: Admin widgets.php Broken
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Admin widgets.php Broken

 *  [sietemedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sietemedia/)
 * (@sietemedia)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgetsphp-broken/)
 * Widgets.php does not fully load on the admin panel.
    It is a new WP installation.
   Already disabled language packs and plugins. The problem remains. It looks like
   if the CSS is not loading on that page because i get the contents listed one 
   below the other.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgetsphp-broken/#post-1140514)
 * Re-upload wp-admin and wp-includes from a **fresh** download of WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [sietemedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sietemedia/)
 * (@sietemedia)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgetsphp-broken/#post-1140653)
 * Did that, the problem persists.
 *  Thread Starter [sietemedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sietemedia/)
 * (@sietemedia)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgetsphp-broken/#post-1140655)
 * This is how the widgets.php looks like: [http://bayimg.com/cAcEDaACI](http://bayimg.com/cAcEDaACI)
 *  [rabmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rabmaster/)
 * (@rabmaster)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgetsphp-broken/#post-1140742)
 * I have the same, or similar, problem with the widgets panel on one of our wordpress
   2.8.2 installs. Problem does not replicate on any other installs. Only difference
   I notice is the site which is broken uses “Exec PHP Widget” plugin, so it could
   be an incompatibility with that one?
 *  [rabmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rabmaster/)
 * (@rabmaster)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgetsphp-broken/#post-1140743)
 * The widgets still display ok, by the way, just the admin page to alter them has
   vamoosed!
 * In terms of a trade off, we need the exec php elements more.
 * Will have a play around and report back – re-uploading the admin and includes
   folders has not worked, though…
 *  [rabmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rabmaster/)
 * (@rabmaster)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgetsphp-broken/#post-1140744)
 * It doesn’t appear to be that plugin, or any other, which is breaking this. Very
   strange problem, I haven’t been able to replicate (nor fix!) yet.
 *  [rabmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rabmaster/)
 * (@rabmaster)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgetsphp-broken/#post-1140745)
 * It looks like this could be a theme issue (my theme has in built widgetised functions!)
   however, the same theme is working with varying degree of success in two other
   places.
 * 1) On the broken one, the widgets.php admin page won’t load fully.
    2) On one
   other, I can only toggle the default “home” widgets 3) On another blog, I can
   toggle all widgets.
 * I’d now say its almost certainly theme incompatibilities causing this, coupled
   with incompatible plugins too…
 * Looks like another fun filled evening.
 *  Thread Starter [sietemedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sietemedia/)
 * (@sietemedia)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgetsphp-broken/#post-1140746)
 * I reinstalled **everything**.
    Deleted db & db user. Deleted wp folder. Installed
   the new version (2.8.2). As soon as i log-in for the first time, the first thing
   i check is the widgets admin and it is still **not working** , as in this: [screenShot](http://bayimg.com/cAcEDaACI).
   The thing has default theme installed, and default plug-ins. My wp installed 
   is in a subfolder (1st level) domain.com/wp.
 * What is the problem?
 *  Thread Starter [sietemedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sietemedia/)
 * (@sietemedia)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-widgetsphp-broken/#post-1140754)
 * Hellooo?
    Heeelp!

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