[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40067: Add widgets settings to theme_mods option in database

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#40067: Add widgets settings to theme_mods option in database
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 Reporter:  alexvorn2    |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets      |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by westonruter):

 @alexvorn2
 > after you will switch off a theme you will notice that old theme widgets
 are listed in the "Inactive Widgets" widget area, so if you click
 is this not intended behavior? If it is not clear then the messaging
 should make it clear that the widgets in the Inactive Widgets area are
 both widgets that have been manually deactivated and also automatically
 deactivated due to theme switches, and that if they get removed then they
 will be deleted from the site.

 Widget instances are not intrinsic to the theme. The sidebars are
 intrinsic to the theme. Copying widgets into theme mods will make the
 widget storage situation much worse than it already is (see #35669 for
 storing widgets in a custom post type instead of options).

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