[NSFW] Widgets Look Entirely Different

  • Resolved shizlist

    (@dnacannon)


    4 years, 9 months ago

    When adding widgets to the Navigation Sidebar, they look entirely different than the same widgets on another site I have that is identical (same theme, same options, same plugins, etc.) They lack titles, and they look completely different. Here’s an image for reference.

    The site in question’s widget editor is on the left, and the other site is on the right. Notice the Categories widget on the right has a title and looks like a menu. Whereas the Categories widget on the left has no title, and looks like a cluster of bullet point lines.

    The widgets look different on the sites themselves as well. See comparison here

    Why do they look so different? How do I get the widgets on the left to look like the widgets on the right?

    Any help would be much appreciated.

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  • Daniel Richards

    (@talldanwp)

    4 years, 9 months ago

    @dnacannon It looks like the right-hand site was an existing site that you upgraded, and the left one is a new one?

    I think the right hand site is using the Legacy Widget block to display the search and categories widgets.

    It looks like you built the left site using WordPress 5.8 though, and in this version the search and categories blocks are being used instead of the widgets.

    I think there are two options available to you:
    1) You might be able to use blocks to replicate the appearance of the right-hand site. Delete the label on the search block. Switch the search block to using the ‘Button Inside’ appearance (there’s an option on the block toolbar). Add a heading block above the Categories block. After that, things should look pretty similar, with maybe a few minor styling differences.
    2) The classic widgets plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-widgets/) is available, which would allow you to go back to the old widgets editor and use the heading and search widgets.

    Thread Starter shizlist

    (@dnacannon)

    4 years, 9 months ago

    Daniel, you are the man! That’s exactly what I needed. I used the class plugin widgets. Looks great. Thank you.

    Thread Starter shizlist

    (@dnacannon)

    4 years, 9 months ago

    *Classic Widgets Plugin

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