Title: WIDGETS – sidebar options missing???
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WIDGETS – sidebar options missing???

 *  [natjewel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natjewel/)
 * (@natjewel)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-sidebar-options-missing/)
 * PLEASE HELP!!! I went to access my widgets and all the options where to drop 
   and drag are missing!!??
 * The sidebars were there at least a week ago – and I have not accessed my dashboard
   or amended anything since!?
 * I was using wordpress version 3.3 but updated to 3.3.1 hoping this would solve
   the problem!?
 * I am using THESIS theme (which supposedly has 8 widget options) but none are 
   visible!
 * The only thing that is available when visiting the widgets page is “available
   widgets” but no where to drop and drag them?
 * Please advise – I have no idea how this has happened or how to fix it!?

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 *  [Darin Kotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkotter/)
 * (@dkotter)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-sidebar-options-missing/#post-2602859)
 * So I’m assuming you mean on the widgets page, the area to the right that will
   normally show your sidebars and other widget areas isn’t there? If that’s the
   case, it sounds like you don’t have any widgetized areas registered, which is
   something that happens in your functions.php file (well usually does, depends
   on your theme). So if that function isn’t found, you won’t have any areas to 
   drag widgets too. You can read more about widgetizing themes [here](http://automattic.com/code/widgets/themes/).
 *  Thread Starter [natjewel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natjewel/)
 * (@natjewel)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-sidebar-options-missing/#post-2602942)
 * Thank you for your prompt response and suggestion.
 * Yes – the sidebar in my widgets is missing.
 * I did have a widgetized area registered it has been working perfectly for a year
   and then suddenly…disappeared??
 * I will follow your link – Thank you. But I do not understand what has gone wrong?
   Nothing in my CSS has been touched and the problem happened before I updated 
   to the new version of WordPress.
 * Thank you again for your assistance.

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 * Last reply from: [natjewel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natjewel/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-sidebar-options-missing/#post-2602942)
 * Status: not resolved

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