Title: Missing Widgets and Sidebar Functionality in WordPress 6.2
Last modified: May 8, 2023

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# Missing Widgets and Sidebar Functionality in WordPress 6.2

 *  [speedy_snail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/speedy_snail/)
 * (@speedy_snail)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-widgets-and-sidebar-functionality-in-wordpress-6-2/)
 * Hello,
 * I am currently using WordPress 6.2 and am experiencing some issues with my website.
   I would like to add a right sidebar to my site, but I am unable to find the “
   Widgets” option under the “Appearance” menu in my admin dashboard. I have tried
   several troubleshooting steps, including checking for plugin conflicts, switching
   to a default theme, and making sure that I have the necessary user role permissions(
   I am an Administrator). Unfortunately, none of these steps resolved the issue.
 * Can you please provide guidance on how to resolve these missing options and help
   me add a right sidebar to my website? If possible, could you recommend an alternative
   approach to add a sidebar if the standard options are unavailable?
 * Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to your response and any suggestions
   you may have for resolving this issue.
 * Best regards,
 * Mike

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-widgets-and-sidebar-functionality-in-wordpress-6-2/#post-16721071)
 * If you’re using a more modern theme, it will use the Site Editor instead of widgets:
   [https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/site-editor/](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/site-editor/)
 *  Thread Starter [speedy_snail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/speedy_snail/)
 * (@speedy_snail)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-widgets-and-sidebar-functionality-in-wordpress-6-2/#post-16721101)
 * Thanks James. That’s helpful.
 * Unfortunately, I’m finding the new WordPress totally unusable due to being not
   only un-intuitive but the worst design I’ve ever seen of any user interface. 
   There’s a good design principle I run by: You should only need an instruction
   manual for the Large Hadron Collider, everything else should be intuitive. If
   it’s not then the design has failed.
 * I have spent hours getting absolutely nowhere with everything. The new design
   will take a whole year of ten hour days to understand.
 * I feel the design team didn’t test the intuitiveness of the new design, as if
   they had I wouldn’t be where I am now.
 * I am thinking of ditching WordPress and writing my own framework by hand, it 
   would be quicker! Seriously! Sorry for being negative but it’s hard not to be
   angry about bad design.
 * I feel the team are guilty of creating my high stress levels. Bad design is a
   disease of the modern world. It is so bad I just want to go and live in the forest,
   even that would be easier than the bane of modern life.
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by [speedy_snail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/speedy_snail/).
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-widgets-and-sidebar-functionality-in-wordpress-6-2/#post-16721110)
 * There are a variety of older, and not too old, themes that offer the classic 
   widgets functionality you’re looking for, like the themes at [https://wordpress.org/themes/author/wordpressdotorg/](https://wordpress.org/themes/author/wordpressdotorg/)
   from Twenty Twenty-One and older, and [https://wordpress.org/themes/author/anlino/](https://wordpress.org/themes/author/anlino/)
   from Eksell and older.
 * Any theme with the Full Site Editing tag will be the new style, and any theme
   without that tag will be the old style.

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 * [appearance](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/appearance/)
 * [dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/dashboard/)
 * [menu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/menu/)
 * [sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sidebar/)
 * [troubleshooting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/troubleshooting/)
 * [widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widgets/)

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-widgets-and-sidebar-functionality-in-wordpress-6-2/#post-16721110)
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