[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19846: Specify 'primary' sidebar, so widgets land in right sidebar when changing themes

[WordPress Trac]

#19846: Specify 'primary' sidebar, so widgets land in right sidebar when changing
themes
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 Reporter:  billerickson  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets       |     Version:  3.3.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch   |
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Changes (by nathanrice):

 * cc: ncrice@… (added)
 * keywords:   => needs-patch


Comment:

 +1 to this.

 I think the problem may go deeper than just moving from sidebar to
 sidebar. If I'm not mistaken, WordPress seeks to transfer ALL your active
 widgets to a new destination when switching themes.

 It's naive to assume that widget areas are always sidebars, and are
 therefore equipped to style the transferred widgets properly.

 But as Bill points out, this is specifically a problem with Twenty Eleven.
 Because Twenty Eleven front-loads widgets into the sidebar (instead of
 letting them be empty by default), a fresh install of WordPress followed
 by a fresh install and activation of another theme, can very likely end up
 with misplaced widgets.

 Sorry we didn't catch this earlier. We obviously would have reported it
 before 3.3 was released, if we had known.

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