Widget Visibility Not Working | JetPack has trouble Communicating with WordPress

I believe the problem with the Widget and the Debug result of communication trouble are inter-related since they are existing at the same time and both refer to Jetpack.

I set the sidebar and footer widgets up for the theme a long time ago, had some widgets appear in the sidebar for certain pages and not for others, etc.

Somewhere along, the widget control (includes visibility controls) stopped working, where I can no longer change or modify the widgets. This says previous widget settings are locked. No matter what I delete, move, alter, or modify in the widget module, that change shows in the widget module area, but does Not show on the website. The website continues to show the widgets as previously set.

Debug
Debug said, “it looks like your site cannot communicate properly with Jetpack”

Ok, it said that but the Dashboard says connected, even when I disconnected and reconnected, weird… (maybe I am in the Twilight Zone, waiting to hear the theme music and Rod Serling’s voice, haven’t heard that yet).

I did some checks,

• Browser cache cleared – Same Problem,
• Different browser used, cache cleared – Same Problem,
• Jetpack connection turned off then back on, showing connected, -Same problem,
• Checked “https://domain name/xmlrpc.php – URL check Works fine
• Deactivated plugins – Same problem,
• Switched to WordPress default theme 20-15 – Same problem
• Maybe a communication issue with WordPress?? – Don’t know, check results above say Yes and No at the same time. (Maybe this is something like a Mission Impossible trick, like a security feed in a loop using a previous recording and all looks fine but is not).

The debug result that shows errors is as follows,

SELF:
							Array
(
    [headers] => Requests_Utility_CaseInsensitiveDictionary Object
        (
            [data:protected] => Array
                (
                    [server] => nginx
                    [date] => Tue, 14 Nov 2017 21:46:21 GMT
                    [content-type] => text/plain;charset=utf-8
                    [expires] => Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT
                    [cache-control] => no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60
                    [x-hacker] => Jetpack Test
                    [x-ac] => 3.ord _dca
                    [strict-transport-security] => max-age=15552000
                )

        )

    [body] => {"error":"Could not fetch your site data","error_description":"We were unable to fetch the data from your Jetpack-powered site, the communication channel seems to be broken."}
    [response] => Array
        (
            [code] => 400
            [message] => Bad Request
        )

    [cookies] => Array
        (
        )

    [filename] => 
    [http_response] => WP_HTTP_Requests_Response Object
        (
            [response:protected] => Requests_Response Object
                (
                    [body] => {"error":"Could not fetch your site data","error_description":"We were unable to fetch the data from your Jetpack-powered site, the communication channel seems to be broken."}
                    [raw] => HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Server: nginx
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 21:46:21 GMT
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Connection: close
Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60
X-hacker: Jetpack Test
X-ac: 3.ord _dca
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=15552000

{"error":"Could not fetch your site data","error_description":"We were unable to fetch the data from your Jetpack-powered site, the communication channel seems to be broken."}
                    [headers] => Requests_Response_Headers Object
                        (
                            [data:protected] => Array
                                (
                                    [server] => Array
                                        (
                                            [0] => nginx
                                        )

                                    [date] => Array
                                        (
                                            [0] => Tue, 14 Nov 2017 21:46:21 GMT
                                        )

                                    [content-type] => Array
                                        (
                                            [0] => text/plain;charset=utf-8
                                        )

                                    [expires] => Array
                                        (
                                            [0] => Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT
                                        )

                                    [cache-control] => Array
                                        (
                                            [0] => no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60
                                        )

                                    [x-hacker] => Array
                                        (
                                            [0] => Jetpack Test
                                        )

                                    [x-ac] => Array
                                        (
                                            [0] => 3.ord _dca
                                        )

                                    [strict-transport-security] => Array
                                        (
                                            [0] => max-age=15552000
                                        )

                                )

                        )

                    [status_code] => 400
                    [protocol_version] => 1.1
                    [success] => 
                    [redirects] => 0
                    [url] => https://jetpack.wordpress.com/jetpack.testsite/1/?url=https://ae-market-consignment.com/xmlrpc.php
                    [history] => Array
                        (
                        )

                    [cookies] => Requests_Cookie_Jar Object
                        (
                            [cookies:protected] => Array
                                (
                                )

                        )

                )

            [filename:protected] => 
            [data] => 
            [headers] => 
            [status] => 
        )

)

(This forum really needs the accordion feature, saves room and shortens these long posts due to code displays).

I looked at the forum and Google, found nothing so far. I checked this forum and nothing helped, so far, but there are thousands of posts on this.

I enjoy Nostalgia (Twilight Zone), but this problem is not entertaining.

So where does this stand? What can be done?

Thanks

• This topic was modified 7 years ago by mwarbinek.
• This topic was modified 7 years ago by mwarbinek.