can’t edit widgets after moving from subfolder to root

If anyone will ever have these issues, here are some solutions:

  1. deactivate WP UI plugin – but if you still want to use it, try to modify

    wp_register_script( ‘wpui-script-before’, site_url( ‘?wpui-script=before’ ), ___something___ );

to

  wp_register_script( 'wpui-script-before', home_url( '?wpui-script=before' ), _____something_____ );

in:

/wp-content/plugins/wp-ui/wp-ui.php

/wp-content/plugins/wp-ui/admin/wpUI-options.php

/wp-content/plugins/wp-ui/inc/widgets.php