Reply To: Custom widget areas failing in Pro

That simplified the code, but didn’t change the symptom. However, I assumed the widget areas weren’t working because nothing was showing in the header – I didn’t check the Admin side (duh!). I don’t know what the situation looked like while I was putting the theme together, but at the moment the widget areas are all there; the reason nothing was showing correctly (and my tagline was appearing in the sidebar, which was crazy), is that at some point WordPress pushed all the widgets “down” two areas from where they were before! So my Banner Center widget was in Sidebar Widget Area, the Banner Right widget was in Left Sidebar Widget Area (which doesn’t actually appear), and my real sidebar widgets were in Right Sidebar Widget Area (which doesn’t appear). I have moved them all back now, and all is well. :-)