From b79223097c91545999707ba5f5b70ea06fe34c0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azaozz <azaozz@1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 19:25:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Use theme mods instead of transients for storing the previous
 theme's widgets config, props aaroncampbell, see #17979

git-svn-id: http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/trunk@18654 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
---
 wp-includes/theme.php   |  6 +++++-
 wp-includes/widgets.php | 12 +++++-------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wp-includes/theme.php b/wp-includes/theme.php
index 6404ee0ca6..c6d3b3cccd 100644
--- a/wp-includes/theme.php
+++ b/wp-includes/theme.php
@@ -1246,7 +1246,11 @@ function preview_theme_ob_filter_callback( $matches ) {
  * @param string $stylesheet Stylesheet name.
  */
 function switch_theme($template, $stylesheet) {
-	global $wp_theme_directories;
+	global $wp_theme_directories, $sidebars_widgets;
+
+	if ( ! is_array( $sidebars_widgets ) )
+		$sidebars_widgets = wp_get_sidebars_widgets();
+	set_theme_mod( 'sidebars_widgets', array( 'time' => time(), 'data' => $sidebars_widgets ) );
 
 	$old_theme = get_current_theme();
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/widgets.php b/wp-includes/widgets.php
index e759e67e89..c2ecd5d20a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/widgets.php
+++ b/wp-includes/widgets.php
@@ -1201,10 +1201,6 @@ function check_theme_switched() {
 		if ( ! is_array( $sidebars_widgets ) )
 			$sidebars_widgets = wp_get_sidebars_widgets();
 
-		$key = md5( $old_theme );
-		// Store widgets for 1 week so we can restore if needed
-		set_transient( 'old_widgets_' . $key, $sidebars_widgets, 604800 );
-
 		retrieve_widgets();
 		update_option( 'theme_switched', false );
 	}
@@ -1214,9 +1210,11 @@ function check_theme_switched() {
 function retrieve_widgets() {
 	global $wp_registered_widget_updates, $wp_registered_sidebars, $sidebars_widgets, $wp_registered_widgets;
 
-	$key = md5( get_current_theme() );
-	if ( false !== ( $_sidebars_widgets = get_transient( "old_widgets_{$key}" ) ) ) {
-		delete_transient( "old_widgets_{$key}" );
+	$old_sidebars_widgets = get_theme_mod( 'sidebars_widgets' );
+	if ( is_array( $old_sidebars_widgets ) ) {
+		// time() that sidebars were stored is in $old_sidebars_widgets['time']
+		$_sidebars_widgets = $old_sidebars_widgets['data'];
+		remove_theme_mod( 'sidebars_widgets' );
 	} else {
 		if ( ! is_array( $sidebars_widgets ) )
 			$sidebars_widgets = wp_get_sidebars_widgets();