After much searching and research, it appears that the mysterious disappearance of widgets is not limited to me. It’s happened to other people but there’s no information from WordPress on it. The suggested work-arounds I’ve found here and there have not solved my issue.
In order to not be down for too long, I went in and modified a PHP file or two to reset the sidebar mostly the way it was. We’ll see how that goes for a while. Maybe a solution will be found that doesn’t involve a complete reset and reinstall because I’d HATE to have to do that before I’m good and ready for a site redesign.
Sigh — too many hours taken by technical issues….













