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Legacy widget for Supporter Wall not available in FSE themes
Bug Description
Discovered this while testing #5451
Currently, we are using the legacy widget for Thank with Google Supporter wall. For users who are using.a Full Site Editor (FSE) theme, i.e. 2022, they will be unable to add the widget. The widget does not appear when you try and add it to a widget area on a FSE theme.
@eugene-manuilov observed that the legacy widgets component has been disabled for the new post editor intentionally, and there's a Github ticket for this.
While the new block-based widget for the supporter wall is out of scope, it's very likely that this will create some support tickets from users, so I am wondering if there's anything we can do to fix this issue - or is it a case of communicating this to our users beforehand?
Since we're only launching to a small audience initially, this does not feel like a launch blocker.
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/73545194/183436066-f11ef9ce-e674-4700-bdc6-2177cf80af92.mp4
Steps to reproduce
- Make sure a FSE theme like 2022 is activated
- Go to Editor in the Appearance menu.
- Select a widget area, i.e. Sidebar
- Search for the Thank with Google widget.
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Just a note to mention that I spotted this section in the docs for the Legacy Widget block: Using the Legacy Widget block in other block editors (Advanced)
You may optionally allow the Legacy Widget block in other block editors such as the WordPress post editor. This is not enabled by default.
I am not sure if that means it would work on an FSE theme - and I think it would probably be a bit of a blunt instrument for enabling the widget if so. Nevertheless, I just wanted to flag it up in case it's useful.
