Title: [Plugin: Sidebar Widgets] Delete before upgrading
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Sidebar Widgets] Delete before upgrading

 *  [converting2wp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/converting2wp/)
 * (@converting2wp)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-sidebar-widgets-delete-before-upgrading/)
 * I’m upgrading a 2.1.3 site that had the Sidebar Widgets plugin installed, but
   not activated.
 * All widgets were deactivated during the series of upgrades (2.3, 2.6, 2.8, 3.0,
   3.1).
 * In the 3.1 system, clicking on Appearance > Widgets gave a 500 Server error and
   a message in the browser that “You do not have sufficient permissions to access
   this page.”
 * Deleting the plugin (using the he 3.1 plugin panel) resolved the issue.
 * [This may seem obvious, but I wasted half a day, so I’m documenting it here.]

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