Title: Sidebar doesn’t display
Last modified: January 20, 2018

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# Sidebar doesn’t display

 *  Resolved [missyscats](https://wordpress.org/support/users/missyscats/)
 * (@missyscats)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-doesnt-display/)
 * I’m new to WordPress and have had no end to problems. The last one to be resolved
   is the sidebars on my blog post pages. When I try to use Custom Sidebars from
   the page where I write and edit posts, I get a little box that says Column 1 
   Static instead of the sidebar. It’s also on the main blog page covering something
   else that’s there.
 * I’m using the Meditation theme.
 * Thanks so much for your help.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsidebar-doesnt-display%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Imran – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support9/)
 * (@wpmudev-support9)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-doesnt-display/#post-9885695)
 * Hello [@missyscats](https://wordpress.org/support/users/missyscats/)
 * Hope you’re well!
 * To show the Please make sure that the original sidebar can be replaced in Appearance
   > Widgets, and check **Allow this sidebar to be replaced** on the main sidebar.
   Please see the screenshot
 * To show a sidebar on a home page, please edit the custom sidebar location. Under
   Archive Types tab, select “As Blog Sidebar for selected Archive Types” and choose
   _Front Page_.
 * To show a custom Sidebar on Blog post pages, check on **As Blog Sidebar for selected
   Post Types** and add **Posts** in the field bellow.
 * Please see the screenshot:
 * Let us know how it went!
 * Cheers,
    Nastia
 *  Thread Starter [missyscats](https://wordpress.org/support/users/missyscats/)
 * (@missyscats)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-doesnt-display/#post-9885782)
 * The little box is still there, and also on the one page I was experimenting with.
   
   [http://howtolivewithcats.org/2018/01/21/test-test-test/](http://howtolivewithcats.org/2018/01/21/test-test-test/)
   and [http://howtolivewithcats.org/about/](http://howtolivewithcats.org/about/).
 * This is so disheartening. I really wanted it to work. I thought if I moved my
   website and blogs from Weebly and Blogger, they’d do better in search. But I’m
   not sure it’s worth it.
 * Thanks for your help.
 *  Thread Starter [missyscats](https://wordpress.org/support/users/missyscats/)
 * (@missyscats)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-doesnt-display/#post-9885950)
 * I just discovered I can add widgets to the sidebar through the customizer. You
   don’t even want to know how many hours I’ve spent on those sidebars. Feeling 
   really, really dumb. 🙁
 * Thanks again for your help.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-doesnt-display/#post-9885950)
 * Status: resolved