twenty sixteen theme – unable to use widgets

swarfy · Member · Mar 9, 2017 at 9:20 pm
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When I selected this theme and set up my site I could, and did, add widgets to the side bar on the main page. all was ok until I added a 2nd custom menu. When I decided to redesign I deleted the 2nd custom menu. On trying to add a new widget I got the following message. “there are no widget areas on the page shown however other pages on this theme do have them” what do I do to get the sidebar back? I have created a new website and reloaded this theme from new but still get the same message. Can anyone please help?

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designsimply · Member · Mar 10, 2017 at 12:01 am
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You have added a Custom Menu to the Sidebar widget area at https://wordpress.com/customize/monksroadac.wordpress.com in the Widgets section, however, no menu has been selected and that’s why there’s a space for the sidebar on your home page but nothing is showing there.

Try adding a different widget at My Sites > Customize > Widgets or selecting a menu in the Custom Menu widget that is there now.
tractor4graham · Member · Mar 24, 2017 at 9:10 pm
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I’ve come up against the same problem, my wife has set up a blog and I need to add an eu cookie note and it says to do it using a widget, but I get the same message as above “there are no widget areas on the page shown however other pages on this theme do have them”
How do I get a widget area?
https://tractor4graham.wordpress.com/
timethief · Member · Mar 24, 2017 at 10:26 pm
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If you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the site any and all widgets can be added or removed here

http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/widgets.php

*Just replace NAME_OF_BLOG in that URL and click.

Also, note that widgets have visibility settings that determine which pages they will be displayed on. See: Widget Visibility https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/#widget-visibility
supernovia · Staff · Apr 4, 2017 at 12:15 am
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@tractor4graham one thing you can do too:

Head to My Site > Customize > Widgets

If you don’t see the widget area there, use the right half of the screen to navigate to an individual post or page, and you’ll likely find one there. Let us know if you need more help.

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