Title: Text Widget – Limits?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Text Widget – Limits?

 *  [tin68](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tin68/)
 * (@tin68)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-widget-limits/)
 * I am using a theme with widgets and there I am using a “text” widget for the 
   sidebar.
 * My short question: Is there any limit of number of lines or characters of implemented
   text and HTML code?

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 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-widget-limits/#post-934656)
 * Near as I can see, no, there’s no size limit.
 * Your browser might limit the amount of text it’ll send over in a POST though.
 *  [freejackcity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freejackcity/)
 * (@freejackcity)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-widget-limits/#post-935013)
 * I’m having an issue with line limits, I’m using text widgets in my footer and
   it is only allowing me about 9 lines:
 * [http://freeindependentsun.com](http://freeindependentsun.com)
 * i want the widgets to be as long as my text on the right side of my footer. anyone
   have any suggestions?
 *  [ldexterldesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ldexterldesign/)
 * (@ldexterldesign)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-widget-limits/#post-935014)
 * I’m using v2.7.1 and I suspect there is a character limit on text widgets. One
   of my text widgets keeps on disappearing and it’s causing me hell. The character
   count is near 3000.
 * I can see the content is in my DB through phpMyAdmin, but not displaying. Can
   anyone suggest an field option to amend: [http://tweetphoto.com/5782551](http://tweetphoto.com/5782551)?
 * I’m thinking more it might be a scripting issue, as if the data was too long 
   the practical solution would be to throw a validation error in WP and not let
   the data to pass.
 * Is someone able to quickly try this out with a version of WP?
 * Thanks,
 *  [ldexterldesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ldexterldesign/)
 * (@ldexterldesign)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-widget-limits/#post-935015)
 * I’m right. It does have a limit of some sort. Beware.
 * I just tested my theory out by splitting the 3000 character into 2 text widgets
   and my widget hasn’t disappeared this time. Logic tells me the limit is somewhere
   between 1125 and 3000 chars.
 * Hope this helps someone down the line.
 * Cheers,
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-widget-limits/#post-935016)
 * [@freejackcity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freejackcity/):
    your case
   is a **css **issue: in the style.css of your theme:
 *     ```
       #footer-sidebar		{ width: 690px; float: left; overflow: hidden; margin: 10px 10px 0; }
       #footer-sidebar .widgetcontainer	{ float: left; margin: 0 0 15px 0; max-width: 250px; max-height: 120px; }
       ```
   
 * you have a setting with ‘max-height: 120px;’ and an ‘overflow: hidden;’
 * delete both bits and you should see the full lists.
 *  [freejackcity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freejackcity/)
 * (@freejackcity)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-widget-limits/#post-935017)
 * [@alchymyth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/):
 * I’m not finding those lines in my style.css code, I’m using the Arras Theme (
   haven’t had a reply on their forums):
 *     ```
       /*
       Theme Name: Arras Theme
       Theme URI: http://www.arrastheme.com/
       Description: Magazine-styled theme with tons of features. Ready for alternate styles. Includes featured posts slideshow, different post layouts, multi-tabbed sidebar, custom single meta fields for reviews and many other customisable features.
       Author: Melvin Lee
       Author URI: http://www.zy.sg/
       Version: 1.3.5
       Tags: blue,brown,white,light,two-columns,three-columns,left-sidebar,right-sidebar,fixed-width,theme-options,threaded-comments,sticky-post,microformats
       .
       Arras.Theme, like WordPress, is released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL).
   
       For more information about the GPL, please visit:
       http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
   
       If you require any support, please visit the theme website at
       http://www.arrastheme.com/.
       .
       */
   
       /* Trick the WordPress Theme Bot *Evil* */
       .aligncenter			{ display: block; margin: 0 auto; }
       .alignright				{ float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; }
       .alignleft				{ float: left; margin: 0 1em 1em 0; }
       .floatleft				{ float: left; }
       .floatright				{ float: right; }
       img.aligncenter, img.alignright,
       img.alignleft			{ border: 3px solid #EEE; }
   
       .wp-caption { border: 1px solid #DDD; text-align: center; background: #F3F3F3; padding-top: 4px; margin: 10px }
       .wp-caption img { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none }
       .wp-caption .wp-caption-text { font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0 4px 5px; margin: 0 }
   
       /* Default Stylesheet */
       @import url('css/default.css');
   
       /* User Override Stylesheet */
       @import url('css/user.css');
       ```
   
 * Any Ideas?
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-widget-limits/#post-935018)
 * you are right – i was not looking close enough:
 * the css file is actually:
    [http://freeindependentsun.com/wp-content/themes/arras-theme/css/styles/default.css](http://freeindependentsun.com/wp-content/themes/arras-theme/css/styles/default.css).
   the styles in question are nearly at the end of this file. if you look from the
   level of your theme directory, it is located in: /css/styles/default.css
 * you may not be able to edit it from within the dashboard, so you need to use 
   ftp, downlaod the file, make the changes and load it up again.
 *  [freejackcity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freejackcity/)
 * (@freejackcity)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-widget-limits/#post-935020)
 * [@alchymyth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/):
 * Awesome, was able to edit the file with my cpanel file manager (sustainable websites).
   I tried just delete both bits but that didn’t work so I changed the max height
   to 600, and now it works. For some reason the ‘overflow:hidden” bit re-appeared
   after delete and save. What would be the setting to not hide overflow? either
   way, it’s working now! Thanks!

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