Admin Dashboard not Working

[chaoticmortalcom]

My admin dashboard is not working right now, and it displays:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp_register_sidebar_widget() in /*/*/*/*//www/chaoticmortal.com/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php on line 31

What did I do wrong, or is it my server? All the other pages work, so I think its with the widget thing (as it says in the error). I commented out line 31 on the thing and then it popped up with line 45, which happens to be the next "register", so what is wrong with that?

Please help. I'm tired of typing in wp-admin/post.php whenever I want to post (it works, though).

[lloydbudd]

What WordPress build / revision are you using? Did you disable your plugins and try the default theme?

[ryan]

That function is defined in wp-includes/widgets.php. Make sure that file and wp-settings.php were correctly updated.

[chaoticmortalcom]

Well, they are uploaded correctly, Ryan. I just checked widgets.php and wp-settings.php and re-uploaded them both. It still shows the same bug.

I am using WordPress 2.5 RC2. Please help!

[DD32]

Well, they are uploaded correctly, Ryan. I just checked widgets.php and wp-settings.php and re-uploaded them both. It still shows the same bug.

re-upload the entire wp-admin & wp-inlcludes folders, Watch for any failed files, it definately works with no plugins loaded here.

[chaoticmortalcom]

Did that, same error.

[ryan]

It's defined on line 95.

​http://trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/wp-includes/widgets.php#L95

Do you see that in your copy of widgets.php?

[ryan]

Are you using a plugin the prevents Widgets from being loaded? 2.5 requires that the be loaded for the admin.

[chaoticmortalcom]

Yes, the one in /wp-includes/widgets.php is there, but something strange is that the error says /wp-admin/includes/widgets.php, and that isn't in it.

K2 (the theme I use) might have some kind of thing thats different (the widget editer is different, and it uses Mr. Nybble's Sidebar Modules?)

[chaoticmortalcom]

I inserted the wp-register-sidebar-widget into wp-admin/includes/widgets.php and received the same error, except for wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php. I then inserted wp-register-sidebar-widget into that, and then it gave me "unexpected $end" for the last line.

HELP!

[ryan]

I think Sidebar Modules uses a hook we added in 2.3 that prevents widgets from being loaded. It prevents them from being loaded for both front page loads and admin pages. 2.5 requires them to be loaded for admin pages. Look in sidebar modules for a line that resembles this and comment it out:

remove_action( 'plugins_loaded', 'wp_maybe_load_widgets');

It might look a bit different. You can search for "wp_maybe_load_widgets".

[chaoticmortalcom]

Will it affect my theme / sidebar?

[chaoticmortalcom]

Okay, I found it in a little spot called disable-widget.php and commented out the thing. It still wouldn't work, so then I removed the wp-register-sidebar-widgets that I inserted into dashboard.php and widgets.php and it worked. But now my sidebar is Widgets, but I really want Modules. I really wish the admin wasn't mixed up with the theme and they used separate copies or something.

[DD32]

But now my sidebar is Widgets, but I really want Modules.

Then the theme is going to need updating to work correctly..

I've got no clue on your theme, But a possible way to do it would be to uncomment whatever you removed, and add this in at the same place

if( is_admin() ){
global $pagenow;
if( $pagenow == 'index.php' )
wp_maybe_load_widgets();
}

Once again, Not sure if its going to help at all.

[chaoticmortalcom]

It works. Thanks a billion!