WordPress Widgets No Longer Drag-able

Here’s a chance for you to have a good laugh at my expense. Once while working on a WordPress site (something I do all day long), I clicked on Widgets to manage the different pieces of content for the site’s sidebar and home page.

When the Widgets screen loaded, it looked really strange for some reason and all of a sudden, I could not drag and drop anymore. I’d been working on the site for several hours that day doing a ton of things so backtracking was going to be super hard. Still, I tried to do so but nothing worked!

In a panic, I did the usual troubleshooting mental checklist, disable all plugins, revert to default theme. No drag and drop and the screen was still looking really awkward. This time, my all powerful tool Google didn’t have any good answers for me either.

You know what? After a good hour trying to figure this out, on a whim I clicked on Screen Options up on the top of the Widgets screen, clicked Disable accessibility mode and voila! It all came back. This is one of those times I smack the forehead and go DuH!

I simply could not remember when I enabled it and didn’t check the effects of doing so. Will I remember this now? You bet.

Know something else? No matter how seasoned we are there’s always something small like that lurking. Especially something like this where people don’t often go and mess with.

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  1. StephanieTrahd on February 20, 2012 at 4:37 pm

    Thanks for the laugh today Lynette! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve done something similar – usually when I’m overtired!! Glad you got it figured out!! 🙂



    • lynette.chandler on February 20, 2012 at 6:01 pm

      @StephanieTrahd I know right? At least we all had a good laugh over it.



  2. iamraincrystal on February 24, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    Thanks Lynette! Next time I encounter some issues on my WP blog, I will try to remember not to panic. LOL! ^_^