Title: widget gremlin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# widget gremlin

 *  Resolved [dZYN4WINE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dzyn4wine/)
 * (@dzyn4wine)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-gremlin/)
 * Hi there,
 * I am new to WP and a bit overwhelmed with things that are happening when I believe
   I have resolved a problem and then it actually BECOMES a problem.
 * When I originally set up my clients pages I had removed all widgets from the 
   right hand side of the page.
 * Earlier today I was experimenting with the widgets to see what they all do and
   now I am seemingly stuck with them and can NOT remove them again.
 * I am stuck with “archives” and “meta” and neither do I want…
 * I am using the Twenty-Ten 1.2 template. According to the widgets panel I have
   NO widgets turned on for ANY page in ANY area of the page.
 * Help is greatly appreciate.
 * cheers,
    rookie

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-gremlin/#post-2035800)
 * unless you had edited the sidebar.php, there will be default code that shows 
   in the sidebar, if you don’t have widgets in the widget area.
 * be aware that any edits to twenty ten will be overwritten during the upgrade 
   of the wordpress version of your site.
 * it is recommended to create a child theme [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * a link to the site in question might get you more replies.
 *  Thread Starter [dZYN4WINE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dzyn4wine/)
 * (@dzyn4wine)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-gremlin/#post-2035924)
 * Thanks. I got it. Ad am now on to also learning about child themes.
    =) Have 
   a great rest of your weekend.

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## Tags

 * [archive widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/archive-widget/)
 * [meta widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/meta-widget/)
 * [widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widgets/)

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 * Last reply from: [dZYN4WINE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dzyn4wine/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-gremlin/#post-2035924)
 * Status: resolved

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