title: WordPress footer widget areas not displaying content
body: <p>I have added 3 footer widget areas in <a href="http://appitfy.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a theme</a>. I added some content to the widgets but it does not display on the site.</p>
  
  <p>Code in functions.php</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  /**
   * Register our sidebars and widgetized areas.
   *
   */
  function arphabet_widgets_init() {
  
      register_sidebar( array(
          'name'          =&gt; 'Footer sidebar 1',
          'id'            =&gt; 'footer_1',
          'before_widget' =&gt; '&lt;div&gt;',
          'after_widget'  =&gt; '&lt;/div&gt;',
          'before_title'  =&gt; '&lt;h2 class="rounded"&gt;',
          'after_title'   =&gt; '&lt;/h2&gt;',
      ) );
  
  }
  add_action( 'widgets_init', 'arphabet_widgets_init' );
  ?&gt;
  &lt;?php
  /**
   * Register our sidebars and widgetized areas.
   *
   */
  function arphabet_widgets_init2() {
  
      register_sidebar( array(
          'name'          =&gt; 'Footer sidebar 2',
          'id'            =&gt; 'footer_2',
          'before_widget' =&gt; '&lt;div&gt;',
          'after_widget'  =&gt; '&lt;/div&gt;',
          'before_title'  =&gt; '&lt;h2 class="rounded"&gt;',
          'after_title'   =&gt; '&lt;/h2&gt;',
      ) );
  
  }
  add_action( 'widgets_init', 'arphabet_widgets_init2' );
  ?&gt;
  
  &lt;?php
  /**
   * Register our sidebars and widgetized areas.
   *
   */
  function arphabet_widgets_init3() {
  
      register_sidebar( array(
          'name'          =&gt; 'Footer sidebar 3',
          'id'            =&gt; 'footer_3',
          'before_widget' =&gt; '&lt;div&gt;',
          'after_widget'  =&gt; '&lt;/div&gt;',
          'before_title'  =&gt; '&lt;h2 class="rounded"&gt;',
          'after_title'   =&gt; '&lt;/h2&gt;',
      ) );
  
  }
  add_action( 'widgets_init', 'arphabet_widgets_init3' );
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Code in footer.php:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'arphabet_widgets_init' ) ) : ?&gt;
      &lt;div &gt;
          &lt;?php dynamic_sidebar( 'footer_1' ); ?&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- #primary-sidebar --&gt;
  &lt;?php endif; ?&gt;
  &lt;?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'arphabet_widgets_init2' ) ) : ?&gt;
      &lt;div &gt;
          &lt;?php dynamic_sidebar( 'footer_2' ); ?&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- #primary-sidebar --&gt;
  &lt;?php endif; ?&gt;
  &lt;?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'arphabet_widgets_init3' ) ) : ?&gt;
      &lt;div &gt;
          &lt;?php dynamic_sidebar( 'footer_3' ); ?&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- #primary-sidebar --&gt;
  &lt;?php endif; ?&gt;
  </code></pre>