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derick renwick
derick renwick
3,555 Points
Posted by derick renwick
derick renwick
3,555 Points

Widgets work but will not "save" (choices are lost on refresh)

Widgets work but will not "save" (choices are lost on refresh) . I followed the directions regarding building a wordpress theme's widgets (custom widget area). The code works and correctly implements the code in the correct place. However, whenever the admin>appearance>widgets page is refreshed the choices(widgets) are lost. This is the code added to my functions.php //ADDING WIDGETS

function create_widget( $name, $id, $description){

$args = array(
    'name'      => __( $name ), //dynamic name for widgets
    'id'        => $id, //widgets id
    'description' => $description, //widgets description
    'before_widget' => '',
    'after_widget'  => '',
    'before_title'  => '<h5>',
    'after_title'   => '</h5>'
) ;

register_sidebar( $args ); //registers args array for widgets. This collects the information needed to display widgets

}

//call this function to create new widget areas. The name Id and Description in that order need to be stated in the create_widget Array create_widget('Sidebar', 'sidebarWidget', 'sidebar widget area'); HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED