Title: Widget boxes vanished
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Widget boxes vanished

 *  Resolved [valhalar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/valhalar/)
 * (@valhalar)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-boxes-vanished/)
 * I did the auto-upgrade to 3.5.2 and now my widget boxes have disappeared from
   the admin panel. The ones I had previously configures work fine but I cant change
   them or add new ones. All my plugins are up to date. Any ideas?

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 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-boxes-vanished/#post-3946181)
 * Have you reviewed if this is a _Theme_ issue?
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-boxes-vanished/#post-3946207)
 * Have you tried:
    -deactivating ALL plugins temporarily to see if this resolves
   the problem. If this works, re-activate them individually (one-by-one) to find
   the problematic plugin(s). If you can’t get into your admin dashboard, try deactivating
   via FTP or SFTP or whatever file management application your host provides. If
   applicible, also remember to deactivate any plugins in the mu-plugins folder.
   The easiest way is to rename that folder to mu-plugins-old. – To rule out any
   theme-specific issue, try switching to the unedited WP default Twenty Twelve 
   theme for a moment using the WP dashboard. If you don’t have access to your admin
   area, you can switch to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder
   in wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using via
   FTP or SFTP or whatever file management application your host provides. – [resetting the plugins folder ](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems (because the hooks remain unless plugins completely removed or some 
   plugins stick around in cached files. So by renaming the folder, you break them
   and force them inactive). – If the above troubleshooting steps do not resolve
   the issue, try manually re-uploading all files and folders EXCEPT the wp-config.
   php file and the /wp-content/ directory from a fresh download of WordPress. Make
   sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new
   ones. Read the [Manual Update ](http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update)
   directions first!
 *  Thread Starter [valhalar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/valhalar/)
 * (@valhalar)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-boxes-vanished/#post-3946211)
 * thanks tara.
 * I turned them off and tracked down the culprit. IT was WP-COurseware. I’ll email
   the creators and tell them.
 * Thanks for the help
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-boxes-vanished/#post-3946249)
 * You are welcome.:-)

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-boxes-vanished/#post-3946249)
 * Status: resolved

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