[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9695: New widget interface gets severely mixed up when switching themes

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#9695: New widget interface gets severely mixed up when switching themes
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy  |       Owner:             
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  2.8        
Component:  Widgets            |     Version:  2.8        
 Severity:  blocker            |    Keywords:  needs-patch
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Changes (by Denis-de-Bernardy):

  * keywords:  => needs-patch
  * severity:  major => blocker


Comment:

 load the dump into a trunk install, browse dashboard.


 {{{
 var_dump(get_option('sidebars_widgets'));

 array(12) {
   ["the_entry"]=>
   array(6) {
     [0]=>
     string(12) "entry_header"
     [1]=>
     string(13) "entry_content"
     [2]=>
     string(10) "entry_tags"
     [3]=>
     string(16) "entry_categories"
     [4]=>
     string(22) "bookmark_me-1239359401"
     [5]=>
     string(14) "entry_comments"
   }
   ["the_header"]=>
   array(4) {
     [0]=>
     string(6) "header"
     [1]=>
     string(6) "navbar"
     [2]=>
     string(12) "header_boxes"
     [3]=>
     string(14) "text-402142561"
   }
   ["before_the_entries"]=>
   array(1) {
     [0]=>
     string(15) "archives_header"
   }
   ["after_the_entries"]=>
   array(1) {
     [0]=>
     string(15) "next_prev_posts"
   }
   ["the_footer"]=>
   array(2) {
     [0]=>
     string(12) "footer_boxes"
     [1]=>
     string(6) "footer"
   }
   ["sidebar-1"]=>
   array(4) {
     [0]=>
     string(18) "nav_menu-402143571"
     [1]=>
     string(22) "fuzzy-widget-402143751"
     [2]=>
     string(20) "categories-402145421"
     [3]=>
     string(18) "archives-402145422"
   }
   ["sidebar-2"]=>
   array(2) {
     [0]=>
     string(22) "subscribe_me-406661311"
     [1]=>
     string(18) "calendar-402143881"
   }
   ["inline_widgets"]=>
   array(4) {
     [0]=>
     string(28) "newsletter_widget-1239359402"
     [1]=>
     string(23) "contact_form-1239359401"
     [2]=>
     string(9) "silo_stub"
     [3]=>
     string(8) "silo_map"
   }
   ["feed_widgets"]=>
   array(0) {
   }
   ["top_sidebar"]=>
   array(1) {
     [0]=>
     string(14) "text-402140811"
   }
   ["bottom_sidebar"]=>
   array(1) {
     [0]=>
     string(14) "text-402141571"
   }
   ["array_version"]=>
   int(3)
 }

 }}}


 after browsing widgets:


 {{{
 array(3) {
   ["sidebar-1"]=>
   array(6) {
     [0]=>
     string(12) "entry_header"
     [1]=>
     string(13) "entry_content"
     [2]=>
     string(10) "entry_tags"
     [3]=>
     string(16) "entry_categories"
     [4]=>
     string(22) "bookmark_me-1239359401"
     [5]=>
     string(14) "entry_comments"
   }
   ["wp_inactive_widgets"]=>
   array(28) {
     [0]=>
     string(7) "pages-2"
     [1]=>
     string(10) "calendar-2"
     [2]=>
     string(10) "archives-2"
     [3]=>
     string(18) "archives-402145422"
     [4]=>
     string(7) "links-2"
     [5]=>
     string(6) "meta-2"
     [6]=>
     string(8) "search-2"
     [7]=>
     string(6) "text-2"
     [8]=>
     string(12) "categories-2"
     [9]=>
     string(20) "categories-402145421"
     [10]=>
     string(5) "rss-2"
     [11]=>
     string(11) "tag_cloud-2"
     [12]=>
     string(6) "header"
     [13]=>
     string(6) "navbar"
     [14]=>
     string(12) "header_boxes"
     [15]=>
     string(14) "text-402142561"
     [16]=>
     string(15) "archives_header"
     [17]=>
     string(15) "next_prev_posts"
     [18]=>
     string(12) "footer_boxes"
     [19]=>
     string(6) "footer"
     [20]=>
     string(22) "subscribe_me-406661311"
     [21]=>
     string(18) "calendar-402143881"
     [22]=>
     string(28) "newsletter_widget-1239359402"
     [23]=>
     string(23) "contact_form-1239359401"
     [24]=>
     string(9) "silo_stub"
     [25]=>
     string(8) "silo_map"
     [26]=>
     string(14) "text-402140811"
     [27]=>
     string(14) "text-402141571"
   }
   ["array_version"]=>
   int(3)
 }

 Expected: sidebars_widgets remains untouched. And internally, WP manages
 an wp_inactive_widgets sidebar with those or something like that. Or it
 should at least move widgets around in the correct sidebar if one exists
 with the same name.
 }}}

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