Login widget is gone…

  • Hi I manage a site for which I created two templates with Artisteer.
    They both have a 3 column layout with 2 sidebars.
    On the old one I have the Login widget in the left sidebar and it also shows in Widgets in the Primary area.
    Now when I switch to the new theme, the Login widget is no longer on the left sidebar but what’s even weirder it’s completely gone from the widgets screen, it’s not even in the Inactive area?
    Where has it gone? Or better how do I get it back in the new theme?

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  • Were you using a plugin for the login widget? The only thing wordpress comes with by default is the ‘Meta’ widget, which has a login/out button along with some other standard stuff. Anything else you will have to use a plugin for. It is possible that the old theme had a custom widget in it’s functions.php file.

    Thread Starter velde046

    (@velde046)

    Well you can see it on https://www.eemsboys.nl/eb it’s the widget that is simply called Login in the widget area, so the basic widget I think.
    Even though I doubt it could be atheme issue since I created both with Artisteer, what would I look for in the functions.php file then?

    I went to that site and didn’t see a login widget there. You could try to use the custom meta plugin. It’s the same as the default meta widget, but it allows you to customize what items show up, where the default does not.

    Plugin can be found here

    Thread Starter velde046

    (@velde046)

    Oops, my fault, was trying to see if I could cheat WP by moving it to inactive before activating the new theme. Now it’s back. I really think that it the basic widget included with WP.

    found this line in your <head> section

    <link rel='stylesheet' id='wp_sidebarlogin_css_styles-css'  href='https://www.eemsboys.nl/eb/wp-content/plugins/sidebar-login/style.css?ver=3.2.1' type='text/css' media='all' />

    makes me think it is a plugin. Look in the plugins directory (wp-content/plugins) for a folder called ‘sidebar-login’

    Seems like that is the plugin that is creating that. The ddefault wordpress meta widget doesnt create the form on the page, it redirects to the wp-admin style login page

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