Magento 2.2.5 - Widgets and Blocks are not visible on home page

Question

I have created a custom theme with a parent theme (template monster). Now, the home page of my store no longer has the widgets and blocks that were present in the parent theme. The home page appears blank with header and footer only visible..

The rest of the pages appear fine.. What could be the reason behind this?.

What I have already tried?

• I have deployed the static content after deleting the pub/static/frontend directory.
• I have also cleared my cache multiple times but still no luck..

Answer 1

In general, Magento 2 themes call the static blocks using widgets and by default, all the widgets are specific to a particular theme.

So, when we create a new child theme based on a parent theme, the blocks called from widgets are not shown in the child theme.

If you want to display the same content in the child theme as the parent theme, you have to create new widgets same as the respective parent theme.

To do so, go to Content >> Elements (Widgets) and add new widgets.

I hope it is clear now.