Title: Quick Contact Form widget causing issues
Last modified: February 23, 2021

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# Quick Contact Form widget causing issues

 *  Resolved [Fionder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fionder/)
 * (@fionder)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-contact-form-widget-causing-issues/)
 * Hi
    In trying to get into a widget area on this website this morning I got the
   message “Sorry, you are not allowed access to this page”. This issue only occurred
   in 2 of the 14 widget areas on the website. By deactivating each plugin on the
   website in turn I found that it was the Quick Contact Form plugin that was causing
   the issue. When I reactivated it I reallocated the Quick Contact Form widget (
   by dragging and dropping) and noticed that the widget area immediately below 
   the widget area that I had allocated the widget to was underlined. On trying 
   to access the widget area I again got the error message. Furthermore the Quick
   Contact Form did not display. I also found that if, rather than dragging and 
   dropping the widget, I clicked on the arrow to the right of the Quick Contact
   Form widget to select the widget area I also get the error message. The website
   was updated to WordPress 5.6.2 last night, so I don’t know if this is related.
   Thanks for your help.
 * Update: I have found that the shortcode works OK in a custom HTML widget so am
   currently using that instead of the Quick Contact Form widget.
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [Fionder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fionder/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fquick-contact-form-widget-causing-issues%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Alan Fuller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanfuller/)
 * (@alanfuller)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-contact-form-widget-causing-issues/#post-14091027)
 * Thanks, I will take a look.
 * I expect the vast majority do what you do and use the shortcode, even in a text
   widget – so as the widget is used less it could be a compatibility issue that
   has been around a while yet not reported.
 * Thank you for taking the time to give a detailed report, I will revert back.
 *  [Alan Fuller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanfuller/)
 * (@alanfuller)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-contact-form-widget-causing-issues/#post-14091050)
 * Just fyi I can replicate that issue in wp 5.6.1
 *  [Alan Fuller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanfuller/)
 * (@alanfuller)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-contact-form-widget-causing-issues/#post-14091244)
 * The widget issue should now been fixed in 7.0.4.
 * The issue has actually been around for the best part of 10 months, just shows
   🙂
 *  Thread Starter [Fionder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fionder/)
 * (@fionder)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-contact-form-widget-causing-issues/#post-14091878)
 * Thank you for such an amazingly quick response!
 * I did wonder as it also appears that it was causing issues on the backup system
   I use. One thing I tried was a test restore of a backup, and it kept failing.
   I went back as far as 1st January without success. Once I used the shortcode 
   I tried another backup and thankfully was able to test restore that so it is 
   now working again.
 * Thanks again!

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 * Last reply from: [Fionder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fionder/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-contact-form-widget-causing-issues/#post-14091878)
 * Status: resolved