Hi,
This sounds like plugin issues. When you try to activate the plugins, is there any error? Could you post screenshot of the error (if there any)?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sagd1kdn366f4uh/screenshot.PNG?dl=0
I feel like if it was the plugin, I wouldn’t have other issues like the widgets disappearing or the header customization changing. It also changed the overall layout of my pages.
When I change the following items back to what I want them to be, I can click save and it tells me it saved. Then when I refresh, it defaults back to what the photo shows.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wgs3e6fxmhmw9vo/screenshot%202.PNG?dl=0