Title: Cannot save widgets
Last modified: January 18, 2022

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# Cannot save widgets

 *  [kylesouza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylesouza/)
 * (@kylesouza)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-widgets-2/)
 * I am using WordPress 5.8.3, I reinstalled it just before this to be sure. I am
   using the Twenty Twenty-One theme, but this happens in other themes as well. 
   I have deactivated all installed plugins other than “Health Check & Troubleshooting”,
   which is labeled as “Must-Use”.
 * I have removed all widgets from my site and am trying to add a simple paragraph
   widget, but this happens with other widgets as well.
    When I click to add a widget,
   select “paragraph”, enter a test value (test1), and click “Update” I get a “There
   was an error. [object Object]” message. The text does display on my site though.
   If I then change the text to “test2” and click update again I get a “There was
   an error. The response is not a valid JSON response.” message. The updated text
   does not display on my site. If I continue to click update I continue to get 
   the same message.
 * So, I can add a widget, but get an error; and I am unable to change it any.
 * I have tried putting the site in troubleshooting mode and the issue persists.
   I am on PHP version 8.0.13.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcannot-save-widgets-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-widgets-2/#post-15265567)
 * > The response is not a valid JSON response.
 * It may be a lot of different things:
    – a plugin conflict either 1) a plugin 
   doing something that creates output, thus breaking the response or 2) a plugin
   doing something with caching), – an overloaded server, – misconfigured http/https
   address in General Settings, – permalinks may need resetting, – theme/plugin 
   conflict, – check Site Health: From your WordPress dashboard, if you go to Tools
   and then select Site Health, then under the Status tab on that page, WordPress
   will show you any improvement recommendations that could help your website. An
   issue related to Rest API could also cause the JSON response error on your website.
   Moreover, if you find any issue there, solving the issue might also fix the JSON
   response error for your website, etc.
 *  Thread Starter [kylesouza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylesouza/)
 * (@kylesouza)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-widgets-2/#post-15271509)
 * I have uninstalled all plugins.
    The server load is minimal. The general settings
   are straightforward, both addresses are https. I have reset the permalinks to“
   plain”. I am using the most basic theme. My sitehelth check said “Good”, before
   I removed it.
 * Now, my widget screen is blank, the widget areas are gone.

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 * Last reply from: [kylesouza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylesouza/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-widgets-2/#post-15271509)
 * Status: not resolved

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