Comments on: K2 + WordPress 2.5 = Broken? I Can Fix That

By: Hosterr

Hosterr — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:23:40 +0000

Many thanks

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:02:01 +0000

Any word on a fix for Sidebar Modules plugin? It’s still the best out there!!! Help!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:35:51 +0000

I’m with Steve! I want SBM Reloaded with 2.5.1 to work. Any fixes yet to reenable the Dashboard?

By: Brad

Brad — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:53:54 +0000

@Steve (40): That would probably be a good idea; having the original plugin author modify his / her plugin instead of having us change it up.

In theory, the plugin will be able to work with any theme that uses Sidebar Modules, because all it does is block out WordPress Widgets for everything except the administration. And it isn’t too hard to make a plugin, really, I just don’t have the time.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:13:16 +0000

Thanks for your response Brad! I just posted a comment over on the blog of the Disable WP Widgets creator for more info/input.

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:56:21 +0000

@Steve (38): That’s right. The line is also in the Disable WP Widgets plugin but this one does something different than the rest, and that’s because it lets all queries for widgets within your control panel go through, but all others are blocked up, forcing Sidebar Modules.

So anyone up for the challenge? It takes a few minutes to convert the code into a plugin, and we could offer it up on a plugin directory of some sort. Unfortunately, I am unable to do it. So anyone else wanna?

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:31:30 +0000

This gives me a ray of hope. I love Sidebar Modules, and am so depressed that I may be forced to swallow the WordPress Widgets after upgrading to version 2.5.1

Your fix is for the K2 theme, but I’m guessing it could also work for the Sidebar Modules plugin from Nybble Labs which I’m currently using on other themes: http://nybblelabs.org.uk/projects/sidebar-modules/

I also used the Disable WP Widgets plugin to kill widgets from WP 2.2+: http://schulte.mn/2007/05/04/disable-wordpress-widgets/

But neither of these work in WP 2.5+ anymore. I noticed your code above contains the same line as the Disable WP Widgets plugin:

remove_action(‘plugins_loaded’, ‘wp_maybe_load_widgets’, 0 )

Any ideas on how to adapt this fix to work with Nybble Labs Sidebar Modules? I’m guessing I would need to replace ‘k2sidebarmanager’ with something else. But I’m not sure what.

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