Comment on WordPress Widgets Tutorial by Jeff C.

WordPress SEO Widget Hi David,

Thank you for your reply. I am very familiar with hard coded WordPress default widgets. In fact I assumed that is what these were. However, after inserting widgets into my sidebar and still seeing these default widgets as well I decided to comment here and ask for help.

After reading your reply I took a harder look at my blog. I found the problem and solution to what looks to be either a bug or a plugin conflict.

I am using the Right 310px sidebar layout option. When I go to widgets it shows both placement for both Left Sidebar and Right Sidebar. Sense I am using the right sidebar layout I would drop the widgets into that placeholder. As you can see on my test site at I have added both the Recent Post widget and a Text widget. Yet the Categories, Links, Meta, and RSS Feeds default widgets are still showing/loading.

The solution:

I need to load a widget into the Left Sidebar widget holder. That widget also loads in my Right Sidebar and causes the default widgets not to load.

Jeff C.