Title: cannot edit widget sidebar
Last modified: September 27, 2023

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# cannot edit widget sidebar

 *  [sacdawg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sacdawg/)
 * (@sacdawg)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-widget-sidebar/)
 * today i attempted to embed my ‘twitch chat panel’ as a widget in my site’s right
   sidebar (theme – MH MusicMag).
 * i copied the embed code via ‘share button’ on my twitch channel —>
 *     ```wp-block-code
       <iframe
         id="chat_embed"
         src="https://www.twitch.tv/embed/jogalive2020/chat?parent=www.example.com"
         height="500"
         width="350">
       </iframe>
       ```
   
 * followed by instruction “be sure to fill in the placeholder with the site you
   want to embed Twitch on!”
 * i assumed that meant i replace “www.example.com” with “www.kingdomofjoga.com”.
   however, that only resulted in a ‘broken widget’ on the sidebar. when i returned
   to the ‘customize widget sidebar’ screen, i got the message —>
 * “Your theme has 13 widget areas, but this particular page does not display them”
 * “You can navigate to other pages on your site while using the Customizer to view
   and edit the widgets displayed on those pages”
 * meanwhile, the widgets ARE being displayed on this ‘particular page’ but i have
   no way of editing/removing them. to make matters worse, all of my site’s images
   stopped loading. bluehost unsurprisingly told me there was nothing they could
   do and that i should find a developer to handle the problem.
 * in browsing the forums, i’ve noticed that the ‘disappearing sidebar edit function’
   has been a problem for many users but i couldn’t find anyone who solved it.
 * any guidance appreciated…🙏TIA🙏
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcannot-edit-widget-sidebar%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Heateor Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/heateor/)
 * (@heateor)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-widget-sidebar/#post-17082090)
 * Before integrating the Twitch chat panel, you would like to bring the site back
   to normal. For this, deactivate all the plugins and see if this makes any difference.
   If it does, you can activate these one-by-one to check if any of these is causing
   problems. If it doesn’t help, try switching to any of the default themes that
   come with WordPress.
 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-widget-sidebar/#post-17082205)
 * For your widget issue, these widgets are features of your active theme. Since
   you’re using the paid/commercial version of the `MH Musicmag` theme, WordPress
   support volunteers here aren’t able to install it and help you figure this out.
 * For one thing: I see several instances of this **error from Twitch.tv** in my
   browser’s developer console when I view your site’s homepage, but I’ve no idea
   if it’s related to the problem you’re experiencing or not:
 * `Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 429 (Too Many
   Requests)`
 * Kindly get in touch with your theme’s vendor to have them look into this for 
   you. They built and sold the theme, and they should be in the best position to
   help you fix a problem with their commercial product.
 * **MH Themes support page: [https://mhthemes.com/support/](https://mhthemes.com/support/)**
 * For your image issue, it seems you’re using the JetPack plugin to handle your
   images, as I see all your images are being served from “`https://i0.wp.com` subdomain
   rather than from your own domain (WP.com = WordPress.com, the parent company 
   that owns the JetPack plugin).
 * I also see, in addition to the `src` attribute pointing to the correct images,
   all the images also have an `srcset` attribute pointed to a `1px` x `1px` inline
   data URI:
 * `srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7"`
 * And as the `srcset` attribute has higher superpowers than the `src` attribute,
   all you’re getting is the `1px` by `1px` dots in place of all your images.
 * How do you resolve this?
 * I can’t say if it’s the JetPack plugin that’s ultimately causing the problem 
   or some other plugin, but since it’s JetPack that’s serving the images on your
   site, that’s where I would look first.
 * **Here’s the JetPack support forum: [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack/](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack/)**
 * Good luck!
 *  Thread Starter [sacdawg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sacdawg/)
 * (@sacdawg)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-widget-sidebar/#post-17083929)
 * thanks for the help…looking into these issues now.
 *  [arambasil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arambasil/)
 * (@arambasil)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-widget-sidebar/#post-17086163)
 * I’m using Kadence Theme for my website, and unable to set the widget into the
   footer. Footer cannot be aligned. I don’t know how to align the widgets of footer.
 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-widget-sidebar/#post-17086309)
 * [@arambasil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arambasil/): If you have a question
   or need help, as per the [forum rules](https://wordpress.org/support/forum-user-guide/faq/#i-have-the-same-problem-can-i-just-reply-to-someone-elses-post-with-me-too),
   kindly start your own topic and ask for help. “Me too” posts tagging behind someone
   else’s support request aren’t helpful to anyone.
 * In your case, please post in your **Kadence theme’s own support forum**, so the
   theme’s authors and support community can help you: [https://wordpress.org/support/theme/kadence/](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/kadence/)
 * Good luck!

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## Tags

 * [images](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/images/)
 * [sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sidebar/)
 * [Twitch](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/twitch/)
 * [widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widget/)

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-widget-sidebar/#post-17086309)
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