Widget has disappeared!!

Hi there,

which option name did you overwrite in the wp_options table? If it’s an ATW option or starts with atw_ – you may need to completely remove all options that start with atw_ and then re-install the plugin. You’ll have to check its settings again, just to make sure all the options you need are set correctly.

I did not remove any options. I merely removed a bit of php code as one of the values of the array and replaced it with empty quotation marks and set the s to 0.
So instead of it reading: s:9:”<?php blah ?>”
it now reads: s:0:””
I was hoping this would solve the issue. The issue occured after I changed a bit of php code in the widget itself (in the admin area). So this change has nothing to do with the issue.

Well, in that case you should be looking for an error in your custom PHP code that you entered into the widget and not in the plugin.

Double-check visibility options of the widget – make sure it’s not set to DO NOT display for all pages.

Like I said: there is no widget!!
I can only see the files, no widget no nothing.
Adjusting the php code is also no option. I removed that code (like I said).

If you had a widget initially, and you were getting an eval error, that means either your custom PHP code within the widget was incorrect, or you had an incorrect custom condition entered in the plugin’s settings section. If you decided to fix it by altering plugin’s source code and DB records, and your widget completely disappeared, I don’t know what to recommend you beside wiping out that DB record completely, removing the plugin and re-installing it again. If I were in this mess, that’s what I’d do. I can’t magically see what could be wrong with the plugin, especially knowing that you made manual alterations in multiple places. I know you said that you “removed” the code you entered before, but the plugin is not functioning as it did before, which means it’s not in the exact state as it was before your alterations.

When re-installing the plugin, do the following:
1. remove the plugin completely from the site – delete it via FTP.
2. edit your DB – find “atw” option name in wp_options table and remove that record.
3. re-install the plugin.
4. Make sure ATW settings are functioning under the “Settings” section of your WP Dashboard (don’t change anything yet).
5. Go into Widgets and see if the ATW widget is available.

If 4 and 5 are there – then you successfully re-installed the plugin. Don’t edit the source code and don’t alter serialized data manually in the DB.

Yeah I figured I have to reinstall.
Weird thing is: after I did a reinstall and put the exact same php code back into the plugin it magically works.
Plugin initially threw error stating there was an unexpected ‘;’ .
However there was nothing wrong in the php code (as is proven again now as the code is the same as before but now the plugin works).

I’m glad you were able to resolve it.