It’s possible that your theme doesn’t support widgets. Two questions:
1. What is the name of this theme and where did you get it from?
2. Do the widget areas appear if you temporarily switch to the Twenty Fifteen theme?
I am using the latest version of the Mantra Theme, which I uploaded from WP. Switching to WP Twenty Fifteen did not change the issue, unfortunately!
This is weird, as the site was working perfectly until this happened yesterday morning.
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
Hm, that’s odd. Perhaps something else interfering, maybe a plugin. Try deactivating all plugins, and if that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause.
Yep…Tried that and it was the Google+ plugin that was causing the issue, for some weird reason. All is working now.
Thanks so much for your help! Kelli Roig