Title: Widget Problem Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Widget Problem * [Michael Johansen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanzen/) * (@johanzen) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-18/) * When I try to re-arrange the widgets in the post or page edit, as soon as I update they return to the previous. * It has become extremely irritating, as the way WP wants to arrange the widgets does not fit my logic. * I guess it’s because I’ve locked some file somewhere. I just don’t know which one. * Any ideas? Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-18/#post-1800112) * Have you tried: * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem? If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s). * – switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule out any theme-specific problems? * Thread Starter [Michael Johansen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanzen/) * (@johanzen) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-18/#post-1800190) * Hi esmi, * yes and yes… I’ve de-activated all plugins – didn’t help… I’ve switched to Twenty Ten – didn’t help… * I have several blogs on the same hosting account (HostGator) and this issue happens only at some of them. It very annoying 😉 🙁 * Help much appreciated. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-18/#post-1800230) * Have you tried: * – [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. * – re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a **fresh** download of WordPress? * – increasing the memory available to PHP? [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/253495#post-1017842](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/253495#post-1017842) * – repairing your database? * Thread Starter [Michael Johansen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanzen/) * (@johanzen) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-18/#post-1800282) * ad 1) followed the instructions given – didn’t help * ad 2) re-uploaded admin/includes from a fresh download – didn’t help * ad 3) increased the memory (wp-config.php) to 64Mb – didn’t help * ad 4) checked the database. No error but run repair – didn’t help * Do you want access to see what happens? * Thank you once again 🙂 * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-18/#post-1800289) * Does your database user have full privileges? * Thread Starter [Michael Johansen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanzen/) * (@johanzen) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-18/#post-1800294) * Just checked to be sure, and the answer is yes… * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-18/#post-1800299) * It does sound like a db issue to me. Maybe a problem updating a record in the wp-options table? * Thread Starter [Michael Johansen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanzen/) * (@johanzen) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-18/#post-1800301) * You lost me on that one…. * I’m just an average amateur trying my best 😉 * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-18/#post-1800315) * My best guess is that something is stopping the widget position data being stored in the database. Since you’ve ruled out a theme or a plugin as the possible cause, that just leaves the server or the database itself as the root of the problem. * Have you noticed any other problems saving data – post updates, plugin/theme configurations etc? * Thread Starter [Michael Johansen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanzen/) * (@johanzen) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-18/#post-1800324) * Hi esmi, * Thank you so much for keep trying to help me. * Actually i have just been told (yesterday) that my rss feed was corrupted too. * I have worked all day yesterday and up until now to get hold on that problem – and with some luck… * But, and perhaps you can help me with that too, of some reason when you try to subscribe to the feed, you are asked to log in ?!? * I’ve tried to ask HostGator if it had to do with some server settings, and it seems not to be the case. * It seems that some file has been password protected (I can access the feed if I’m logged in (Admin or subscriber doesn’t matters)) * Could the two cases be connected? * I’m pretty desperate about the not working rss, so I open an other thread on this too, just in case you have no input on this. * Once again, thank you for your efforts. * Thread Starter [Michael Johansen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanzen/) * (@johanzen) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-18/#post-1800327) * The widget thing and the rss thing is NOT connected. I managed to solve the rss error and it didn’t solve the widgets thing. * An other strange thing that has happened is, that when I add a custom field and click the button, the field get added but it doesn’t become visible until I update the post. If I delete it again, it disappears right away as it should. * So far I haven’t noticed other problems than that. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-18/#post-1800329) * Can you try installing a second copy of WP in a sub-folder and importing the posts from your current install into the new one? It might help to determine if this is a database issue. Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘Widget Problem’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [settings](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/settings/) * [widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widget/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 12 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-problem-18/#post-1800329) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics