Comments on: Big gotcha in WP 2.5

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:25:20 +0000

Not as far as I know – I rebuilt them but I had the code elsewhere for most so I was OK

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:23:08 +0000

This happened to me! Is there anything you can do to recover the txt widgets?

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:05:41 +0000

You just need to be careful – I got caught out and only found a solution by accident. There's nothing on the WP forums about this.

By: Desmond Haynes, Jr.

Desmond Haynes, Jr. — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:04:10 +0000

Thanks for this post! You have got me really worried!

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By: Gotcha in WP 2.5 | Venture Chronicles

Gotcha in WP 2.5 | Venture Chronicles — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:15:53 +0000

[...] If you’re a self-hosted WordPress user and have upgraded to WP2.5, you need to know there is a serious ‘gotcha’ in the revised sidebar widget building section. If you use text widgets to include custom HTML, javascript or other non-PHP code and want to make changes or add new ones then be very careful how you do it.[From Big gotcha in WP 2.5 | AccMan] [...]