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    How to avoid widgets added to sidebar on theme activation?

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    I am registering 3 sidebars on widgets_init 

        register_sidebar(array(
        'name' =>  esc_html__('Left Sidebar','creatus'),
        'id' => 'left',
        'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
        'after_widget' => '</div>',
        'before_title' => '<div class="widget_title_holder"><h3 class="widget-title">',
        'after_title' => '</h3></div>',
    )); 

   // right sidebar
    register_sidebar(array(
        'name' => esc_html__('Right Sidebar','creatus'),
        'id' => 'right',
        'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
        'after_widget' => '</div>',
        'before_title' => '<div class="widget_title_holder"><h3 class="widget-title">',
        'after_title' => '</h3></div>',
    ));

    // lateral header sidebar
    register_sidebar(array(
        'name' => esc_html__('Lateral header sidebar','creatus'),
        'id' => 'lateral-header-sidebar',
        'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
        'after_widget' => '</div>',
        'before_title' => '<div class="widget_title_holder"><h3 class="widget-title">',
        'after_title' => '</h3></div>',
    ));

    When I activate the theme for the first time on a clean WP install 6 widgets get automatically added to lateral-header-sidebar

    Am I registering them the wrong way or why are they added to this particular sidebar and not any other?

    Any help is appreciated.

    I am registering 3 sidebars on widgets_init 

        register_sidebar(array(
        'name' =>  esc_html__('Left Sidebar','creatus'),
        'id' => 'left',
        'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
        'after_widget' => '</div>',
        'before_title' => '<div class="widget_title_holder"><h3 class="widget-title">',
        'after_title' => '</h3></div>',
    )); 

   // right sidebar
    register_sidebar(array(
        'name' => esc_html__('Right Sidebar','creatus'),
        'id' => 'right',
        'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
        'after_widget' => '</div>',
        'before_title' => '<div class="widget_title_holder"><h3 class="widget-title">',
        'after_title' => '</h3></div>',
    ));

    // lateral header sidebar
    register_sidebar(array(
        'name' => esc_html__('Lateral header sidebar','creatus'),
        'id' => 'lateral-header-sidebar',
        'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
        'after_widget' => '</div>',
        'before_title' => '<div class="widget_title_holder"><h3 class="widget-title">',
        'after_title' => '</h3></div>',
    ));

    When I activate the theme for the first time on a clean WP install 6 widgets get automatically added to lateral-header-sidebar

    http://prntscr/l9cx84

    Am I registering them the wrong way or why are they added to this particular sidebar and not any other?

    Any help is appreciated.

    • widgets
    • sidebar
    • register-sidebar
    Share Improve this question asked Oct 23, 2018 at 9:32 BennBenn 1,0731 gold badge15 silver badges32 bronze badges 1
    • Your registration code looks fine to me. How's the rest of your theme code? Are there any other widget related functions that might hook into after_switch_theme for example? Something along these lines, stackoverflow/questions/11757461/… Or are there any plugins that might be the cause? – Antti Koskinen Commented Oct 25, 2018 at 10:52
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    Widgets are stored in the wp_options table ( assuming the database prefix is wp_ ). You can retrieve the option, and remove the widgets manually:

    // Get all the associated widgets
$sidebar_widgets = get_option ( 'sidebars_widgets' );

// Check this specific sidebar
if ( isset( $sidebar_widgets [ 'lateral-header-sidebar' ] ) ) {
    unset ( $sidebar_widgets [ 'lateral-header-sidebar' ] );
    // Update the option
    update_option ( 'sidebars_widgets', $sidebar_widgets ); 
}

    You can do this in your theme activation hook.

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