Title: Widget Plugin not working Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Widget Plugin not working * Resolved [steven_stern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steven_stern/) * (@steven_stern) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/) * It’s not working for me. The configuration page doesn’t work and there’s an error in the javascript console. As far as I can tell, all the files are in the right places. Using the default theme, too. * Error: Sortable is not defined Source File: [http://sstern.ccim.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=widgets.php](http://sstern.ccim.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=widgets.php) Line: 71 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 26 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/page/2/?output_format=md) * [robertgx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertgx/) * (@robertgx) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-366786) * I get same exact error: Sortable not defined. * [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/) * (@kafkaesqui) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-366789) * For this particular error (**Sortable is not defined**) let’s start gathering info on it so the problem can be tracked down. This is the configuration where I’m seeing this (two other setups have no issues with the plugin): * WordPress version: 2.0.2 Web server: IIS 5.1 * [Karrde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karrde/) * (@karrde) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-366837) * Yeah, same exact error. As I mentioned in my other post regarding it, it seems to be due to the header code – sidebar_admin_head() – not being called. If I manually put a function call to the header in the code, like so: * `` * (I added it at line 547 in widgets.php for those interested) – it’ll work. * WordPress: 2.02 Web server: Apache 2.0.55 on Windows XP (test box) PHP version: 5.1.1 * [robertgx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertgx/) * (@robertgx) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-366866) * WordPress 2.0.2 Apache/2.2.0 (Win32) PHP/5.1.1 * Still get Sortable not defined error. * [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/) * (@kafkaesqui) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-366884) * Well so far it appears to be a platform (OS) issue. And thanks for the fix karrde. * [robertgx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertgx/) * (@robertgx) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-366892) * Yes! Thanks karrde! * Thread Starter [steven_stern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steven_stern/) * (@steven_stern) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-366915) * Apache 2.0.55 Win32 PH/4.4.1 Windows XP Pro PHP 4.4.1 (cgi-fcgi) (built: Oct 30 2005 12:45:44) Wordpress 2.0.2 * The fix mentioned above didn’t work. * [robertgx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertgx/) * (@robertgx) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-366919) * It worked for me except that I can’t add extra (more than 1) RSS or Text widgets… * [Karrde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karrde/) * (@karrde) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-367036) * Yeah, it was a quick and dirty fix so that I could start testing widget integration with the theme I develop. I imagine that whatever’s causing it to break under Win32 is also breaking the RSS and text widget issue that RobertGX is having. * [miltonalmeida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miltonalmeida/) * (@miltonalmeida) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-367055) * My Widgets plugin is not working. I did install the files in the right place. In the account I have through my Web site it will not show the Sidebar Editor meny in the Presentation meny as the ReadMe file for the Widget states. * Dos this plugin work when the blog is not hosted by WordPress but is hosted by another host, such as my own Website? * Milt * [miltonalmeida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miltonalmeida/) * (@miltonalmeida) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-367056) * Of course you know that in the post above I meant MENU and not “meny”… it is late… Sorry! * does the Widgets plugin work when the blog is not hosted by WordPress.com but by another host such as my web site? You can read the post above as well to know what I am talking about. * Milt * [valeo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/valeo/) * (@valeo) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-367127) * Thanks for the fix karrde! It worked for me. * But, I don’t think this problem is dependent of OS, but something else. This plugin didn’t work for me either (after fix karrde mentioned it worked), and my host is running CentOS Linux and Apache. And like with RobertGX, I can only add one text and rss widget. But that’s enough for me as long as I can make my theme compatible with widgets and continue somehow (I hope they release new version sometime). * [Josh Betz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/betzster/) * (@betzster) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-367148) * I’ve got a full fix. Apparently the ZIP file wasn’t updated. So if your using IIS then this fix will work. (I got it from Andy) [http://svn.wp-plugins.org/widgets/trunk/widgets.php](http://svn.wp-plugins.org/widgets/trunk/widgets.php) * For more information check out my blog post about it: [http://betzster.no-ip.org/Blog/index.php/2006/04/03/sidebar-widgets-plugin-iis-fix/](http://betzster.no-ip.org/Blog/index.php/2006/04/03/sidebar-widgets-plugin-iis-fix/) * Thread Starter [steven_stern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steven_stern/) * (@steven_stern) * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-367157) * betzster: Thanks! Works perfectly. (But the link to your post doesn’t.) * [Karrde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karrde/) * (@karrde) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-plugin-not-working/#post-367182) * Yep, the new version as linked above by betzster fixes the problem for me also. * Hurrah! 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