Legacy widgets: Widgets load all the scripts/styles of the theme repetitively.

[thejaydip]

Description

After adding more than two or two legacy Widget blocks ( Select Meta ) to the Footer sidebar and save changes and refresh it. scripts/styles of the themes loading repetitively and requests of the sources are increase. Please see the attachment for a better understanding.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

• Use Twenty Twenty-One theme
• Go to Appearance > Widgets
• Add a Legacy Widget block ( Select Meta ) to the Footer sidebar.
• Again add a Legacy Widget block ( Select Meta ) to the Footer sidebar.
• Save changes
• Refresh

Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet

When I use a single legacy widget.

When I use two legacy widgets.

Environment info

wp-core

version: 6.0
site_language: en_US
user_language: en_US
timezone: +00:00
permalink: /blog/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
https_status: false
multisite: false
user_registration: 0
blog_public: 1
default_comment_status: open
environment_type: production
user_count: 1
dotorg_communication: true

wp-paths-sizes

wordpress_path: /var/www/html/wordpress/project/wp-developer
wordpress_size: 47.20 MB (49493531 bytes)
uploads_path: /var/www/html/wordpress/project/wp-developer/wp-content/uploads
uploads_size: 8.38 MB (8790181 bytes)
themes_path: /var/www/html/wordpress/project/wp-developer/wp-content/themes
themes_size: 36.42 MB (38188555 bytes)
plugins_path: /var/www/html/wordpress/project/wp-developer/wp-content/plugins
plugins_size: 147.84 MB (155021671 bytes)
database_size: 3.08 MB (3227648 bytes)
total_size: 242.92 MB (254721586 bytes)

wp-active-theme

name: Twenty Twenty-One (twentytwentyone)
version: 1.6
author: the WordPress team
author_website: https://wordpress.org/
parent_theme: none
theme_features: core-block-patterns, widgets-block-editor, automatic-feed-links, title-tag, post-formats, post-thumbnails, menus, html5, custom-logo, customize-selective-refresh-widgets, wp-block-styles, align-wide, editor-styles, editor-style, editor-font-sizes, custom-background, editor-color-palette, editor-gradient-presets, responsive-embeds, custom-line-height, experimental-link-color, custom-spacing, custom-units, widgets
theme_path: /var/www/html/wordpress/project/wp-developer/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone
auto_update: Disabled

wp-themes-inactive (13)

Twenty Eleven: version: 4.1, author: the WordPress team, Auto-updates disabled
Twenty Fifteen: version: 3.2, author: the WordPress team, Auto-updates disabled
Twenty Fourteen: version: 3.4, author: the WordPress team, Auto-updates disabled
Twenty Nineteen: version: 2.3, author: the WordPress team, Auto-updates disabled
Twenty Seventeen: version: 3.0, author: the WordPress team, Auto-updates disabled
Twenty Sixteen: version: 2.7, author: the WordPress team, Auto-updates disabled
Twenty Ten: version: 3.7, author: the WordPress team, Auto-updates disabled
Twenty Thirteen: version: 3.6, author: the WordPress team, Auto-updates disabled
Twenty Twelve: version: 3.7, author: the WordPress team, Auto-updates disabled
Twenty Twenty: version: 2.0, author: the WordPress team, Auto-updates disabled
Twenty Twenty-Two: version: 1.2, author: the WordPress team, Auto-updates disabled

wp-plugins-inactive (1)

Akismet Anti-Spam: version: 4.2.4, author: Automattic, Auto-updates disabled

wp-media

image_editor: WP_Image_Editor_GD
imagick_module_version: Not available
imagemagick_version: Not available
imagick_version: Not available
file_uploads: File uploads is turned off
post_max_size: 200M
upload_max_filesize: 200M
max_effective_size: 200 MB
max_file_uploads: 120
gd_version: 2.3.0
gd_formats: GIF, JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP, XPM
ghostscript_version: 9.50

wp-server

server_architecture: Linux 5.13.0-48-generic x86_64
httpd_software: Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)
php_version: 7.4.29 64bit
php_sapi: apache2handler
max_input_variables: 3000
time_limit: 180
memory_limit: 256M
max_input_time: 120
upload_max_filesize: 200M
php_post_max_size: 200M
curl_version: 7.68.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1f
suhosin: false
imagick_availability: false
pretty_permalinks: true
htaccess_extra_rules: false

wp-database

extension: mysqli
server_version: 8.0.29-0ubuntu0.20.04.3
client_version: mysqlnd 7.4.29
max_allowed_packet: 67108864
max_connections: 151

wp-constants

WP_HOME: undefined
WP_SITEURL: undefined
WP_CONTENT_DIR: /var/www/html/wordpress/project/wp-developer/wp-content
WP_PLUGIN_DIR: /var/www/html/wordpress/project/wp-developer/wp-content/plugins
WP_MEMORY_LIMIT: 40M
WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT: 256M
WP_DEBUG: true
WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY: true
WP_DEBUG_LOG: true
SCRIPT_DEBUG: false
WP_CACHE: false
CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS: undefined
COMPRESS_SCRIPTS: undefined
COMPRESS_CSS: undefined
WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE: Undefined
DB_CHARSET: utf8
DB_COLLATE: undefined

wp-filesystem

wordpress: writable
wp-content: writable
uploads: writable
plugins: writable
themes: writable

Please confirm that you have searched existing issues in the repo.

Yes

Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except Gutenberg.

Yes

[mrfoxtalbot]

Thank you for reporting this, @thejaydip.

I have re-tested this and I am seeing a way smaller number or requests (8/32):

I am going to close this as "cannot reproduce" but please feel to reopen it if necessary. Thanks again!

[kelvin-xu]

I can confirm this is still an issue in WordPress core widget page. It is caused by legacy widgets even inactive legacy widgets.

[kelvin-xu]

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