Title: Plugin does not appear to work Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Plugin does not appear to work * Resolved [fprati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fprati/) * (@fprati) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-appear-to-work/) * I am using WP 4.3.1. with WPML on php 5.6. I installed the latest plugin v1.5.11 and tested on a couple of sidebar widgets. I selected a couple of static pages where those widget should not display, but they still do. No wp-head error. What shall I do, please? Best regards * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynamic-widgets/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynamic-widgets/) Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Thread Starter [fprati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fprati/) * (@fprati) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-appear-to-work/#post-6588010) * Weird, today I can see yesterday’s changes, but if I make a change now I do not see any effect in the front-end. Is there some sort of restart or clearing to do and what exactly? * Plugin Contributor [Qurl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qurl/) * (@qurl) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-appear-to-work/#post-6588057) * Are you using a cache plugin? * Thread Starter [fprati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fprati/) * (@fprati) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-appear-to-work/#post-6588062) * Not that I know, just Yoast SEO, which I don’t think is involved. To note that every change I make to the widgets is immediately visible. * Plugin Contributor [Qurl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qurl/) * (@qurl) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-appear-to-work/#post-6588130) * Refreshing a page should be enough. When you don’t see a change immediately, then it has to be some kind of cache somewhere. * Thread Starter [fprati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fprati/) * (@fprati) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-appear-to-work/#post-6588156) * In fact the only working example was due to the fact I created a special sidebar that did not contain that widget (and I had forgotten about). * Conclusion: it does not work at all for me. I asked the theme author and they say they do nothing special with sidebars and widgets to prevent it from working. Therefore it must be something else… could there be a problem with WPML? There’s a tooltip message I do not understand: “Dynamic Widgets syncs with other languages of these pages via WPML”. Tried a few other things on the other languages as well and seen no improvement. Any idea, please? * Plugin Contributor [Qurl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qurl/) * (@qurl) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-appear-to-work/#post-6588166) * Did you create the special sidebar within the theme, not some kind of dynamic sidebar plugin? Cause when you also use a plugin that creates sidebars for you, it doesn’t work very well together with Dynamic Widgets. * Thread Starter [fprati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fprati/) * (@fprati) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-appear-to-work/#post-6588192) * Not sure I understand what you mean by the “_special sidebar_“. I just added a regular text widget in an existing sidebar and changed it to dynamic. Then set its visibility (of that widget), but it still shows everywhere. * Plugin Contributor [Qurl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qurl/) * (@qurl) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-appear-to-work/#post-6588198) * Sorry, my mistake. I thought the special sidebar you were talking about was linked to the widget you’re trying to make dynamic. * Dynamic Widgets needs `wp_head()` to be called in the theme. You can check for this in the Dynamic Widgets Overview page, click the Advanced link at the bottom. * You can also try OLD method. * Make sure the page you’re looking at does contain the sidebar where the widget is in. * Thread Starter [fprati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fprati/) * (@fprati) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-appear-to-work/#post-6588202) * Well, the advanced setting shows wp_head ok. I tried to tick the old method, no change. Any more hints? * Plugin Contributor [Qurl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qurl/) * (@qurl) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-appear-to-work/#post-6588205) * Have you tried other settings? Maybe it’s just the one you’re trying not compatible. * Do you know the theme is using custom queries? This is also many times a problem. Especially when the theme does not reset back to the main query. 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