I will give it a try, thanks. Bill

I corrected the widgets and they worked well, thanks again. bill

one more question, I added 'recent posts' and 'recent topics' via Wpfopo sidebar, but only 'recent topics' showing up, 'recent posts' is invisible, ...

Hi Robert, thanks for replying, the two test links won't work, also I attached the data from DB table. Bill 2018-02-01_11-38-31.jpg

looks like the SLUG column in wp_xeri_wpforo_topics table did not get the correct information, see screenshot. mysql db is using the thiscollation: ut...

obliviously it worked here, not sure what settings I might miss. Appropriated any suggestions. Bill