Understrap: What happened to `understrap_slbd_count_widgets`?

[swinggraphics]

Hi. I'm trying to understand what happened to understrap_slbd_count_widgets and what to use as the replacement. I see the function was removed as part of a pull request to solve an issue for Polylang, but it was removed abruptly, without deprecation. Consequently, my child theme broke after updating from 0.8.8 to 0.8.9.

[alexbogias]

You had probably override understrap_widgets_init function in your child theme functions.php. Update it with the new code found in 0.8.9 (understrap/inc/widgets.php:98) but keep your changes and you will be fine again

[swinggraphics]

@alexbogias Not the case. Just to reiterate, understrap_slbd_count_widgets was completely removed in 0.8.9. The reason my child theme broke was because it called understrap_slbd_count_widgets(), which of course errors as an undefined function.

[IanDelMar]

It was removed because of its incompatibility with the widget_display_callback hook which affected e.g. the plugin Polylang (see #796 and #852). It would have been better to keep the function as deprecated - my fault. The quickest fix is to put the old understrap_slbd_count_widgets() into your child theme's functions.php.

[swinggraphics]

Yes, copying into my child's functions.php was what I did. Just checking it really should be gone. ;) Cheers.