Repeater fields are no longer visible in the legacy widgets since WP version 5.8

[veminom]

Tested WP 5.8 with some of the widgets having repeater fields.

WP 5.8 RC3

Theme:
Twenty Twenty-One

Plugins:

1. Meks Smart Social Widget ( latest version )
2. Astra Widgets ( latest version )

Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to dashboard -> widgets - ​https://share.bsf.io/eDuyp7R1
2. Add any of the above widgets - ​https://share.bsf.io/bLuk25dy
3. Add repeater fields - ​https://share.bsf.io/8LuoE10B
4. Refresh the widgets page and you will notice the repeater fields are gone. Though it will load properly in the frontend.

WP 5.8 repeater fields gone - ​https://share.bsf.io/X6uALQQx
WP 5.7 repeater fields available - ​https://share.bsf.io/p9uAyQe7

Screencast - ​https://share.bsf.io/jkuPBWO9

This same behavior can be observed in the Customizer -> Widgets

With WP 5.8 - ​https://share.bsf.io/QwuAzdBm
With WP 5.7 - ​https://share.bsf.io/L1uBl9yO

I think this is a bug or I could be missing something.

Thank you!

[desrosj]

Hi @veminom,

This is something that you'll need to report to the authors of the plugins that you mentioned. I don't believe that repeater fields are something found in WordPress by default.

[veminom]

Ah thank you @desrosj, I will take a look at this further.