Title: Cannot Replace Default Sidebars?
Last modified: September 16, 2019

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# Cannot Replace Default Sidebars?

 *  [computerchickwv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/computerchickwv/)
 * (@computerchickwv)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-replace-default-sidebars/)
 * I’m using the Simple Pro theme from Nimbus (I can’t find it in the themes section).
 * There are sidebar options on each page, consisting of “Left”, “Right” or “None”,
   which a box below saying “Enter the number of the alternate sidebar you would
   like to apply. Leave blank to use default”. If I turn on the sidebar for the 
   page, it will show the DEFAULT sidebar (and I cannot even find this default sidebar
   anywhere to edit it) regardless of what number I put into the alternate sidebar
   box. Yes, I have added widgets to the alternate sidebars I want to use. The sidebar
   listed as the Default Page sidebar in the Widgets section, is NOT the default
   sidebar that is shown when I turn on the sidebar option for the page. Halp??
 * Update: I am able to control the sidebar for POSTS but not PAGES. With Pages,
   I only seem to have the ability to turn the ‘default sidebar’ (wherever that 
   actually is) off or on.
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by [computerchickwv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/computerchickwv/).

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-replace-default-sidebars/#post-11934504)
 * These forums are for questions about WordPress. Every theme in the WordPress 
   repository also has a forum here, as do the plugins in the repository. But commercial
   themes and plugins do not. We can’t see the code for those and they are supported
   elsewhere.
    You need to go to your theme’s support forum and ask there.
 *  Thread Starter [computerchickwv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/computerchickwv/)
 * (@computerchickwv)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-replace-default-sidebars/#post-11934516)
 * I was hoping there might be a generic answer to address my problem. The theme
   is not listed in the forums here, and I cannot find a support forum for this 
   theme. Perhaps someone here would have seen this issue and knows the solution?
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-replace-default-sidebars/#post-11934539)
 * No, those options are unique to the theme. You can go back to wherever you acquired
   the theme to find support.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-replace-default-sidebars/#post-11934539)
 * Status: not resolved

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