Best Widget Areas & Sidebar Management plugins for WordPress
Categories Design & Customization
Plugins that create, configure, and assign widget areas and sidebars, including rules for displaying different widget configurations across site content.
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37
Plugins classified here
Out of the plugins that have been through the classifier so far
600.8K
Combined active installs
Summed across the published bands, so read it as an order of magnitude
4.51
Average rating
Across the 36 here that carry a rating at all
Sub-categories
Also under Design & Customization
The other sub-categories the model built under the same parent.
- Carousels, Sliders & Galleries 307
- Gutenberg Blocks & Page Building 235
- Elementor Addons & Widgets 221
- Ecommerce Page Customization 146
- Widgets & Sidebar Content 139
- Popup & Modal Builders 133
- Video Players & Embeds 120
- Starter Templates & Template Libraries 107
- Scrolling & Motion Effects 100
- Theme Settings & Options 99
- Page Builder Addons & Modules 94
- Child Theme & CSS Customization 55
- Document Viewers & Flipbooks 51
- Typography & Font Management 49
- External Content Embeds 45
- Tabs & Accordion Layouts 46
- Icon Libraries & Icon Management 44
- Post Element Visibility 41
- Form Styling & Layouts 39
- Drag-and-Drop Page Builders 35
- Login & Error Page Customization 33
- Button Builders & Styling 25
- Countdown Timers & Clocks 22
- Mobile Themes & Responsive Design 22
- Dark Mode & Color Schemes 12
- Link Cards & Previews 12
- Preloaders & Loading Screens 12
- Theme Customizer Settings Import & Export 4
The plugins
Plugins in Widget Areas & Sidebar Management
Ranked by active installs; plugins in the same published band share a rank. Each page has a maintenance check and the alternatives.
#1
WooSidebars
woosidebars #1Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets
widget-options #1Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager
custom-sidebars #4Lightweight Sidebar Manager
sidebar-manager #5Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin
content-aware-sidebars #5Widget Context
widget-context #7Widgets on Pages
widgets-on-pages #7Simple Page Sidebars
simple-page-sidebars #7Ocean Custom Sidebar
ocean-custom-sidebar #10Widget Disable
wp-widget-disable #10SMK Sidebar Generator
smk-sidebar-generator #10Dynamic Widgets
dynamic-widgets #10Genesis Simple Sidebars
genesis-simple-sidebars #14AH Display Widgets
ah-display-widgets #15Conditional Widgets
conditional-widgets #16Add Widget After Content
add-widget-after-content #16ThemeZee Toolkit
themezee-toolkit #18Genesis Widget Column Classes
genesis-widget-column-classes #18Widget Visibility Without Jetpack
widget-visibility-without-jetpack #20Restrict Widgets
restrict-widgets #21Storefront Footer Bar
storefront-footer-bar #22Stag Custom Sidebars
stag-custom-sidebars #22Storefront Top Bar
storefront-top-bar #22Widgetize Pages Light
widgetize-pages-light #22Podamibe Simple Footer Widget Area
podamibe-simple-footer-widget-area #26If Widget – Visibility control for Widgets
if-widget #26Sidebars for Hello Elementor Theme
sidebars-for-helloelementortheme #26Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars)
off-canvas-sidebars #26bbPress WP Tweaks
bbpress-wp-tweaks #26Page Sidebar for Twenty Seventeen
page-sidebar-for-twentyseventeen #26Widget Visibility Time Scheduler
widget-visibility-time-scheduler #26Custom Sidebars by ProteusThemes
custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes #33Widgets Control
widgets-control #34Sidebar Content Clone
sidebar-content-clone #35WP Page Templates
custom-page-templates-by-vegacorp #36Widget Visibility Control
widget-visibility-control #37Unlimited Page Sidebars
unlimited-page-sidebarsThis grouping does not exist anywhere else
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