Best Widgets & Sidebar Content plugins for WordPress
Categories Design & Customization
Plugins that add standalone content or feature widgets to WordPress widget areas and sidebars, rather than managing the areas themselves.
Read from 131,125 plugin records - figures refreshed 4 hours ago
139
Plugins classified here
Out of the plugins that have been through the classifier so far
726K
Combined active installs
Summed across the published bands, so read it as an order of magnitude
4.49
Average rating
Across the 129 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
- 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
- Widget Areas & Sidebar Management 37
- 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 Widgets & Sidebar Content
Ranked by active installs; plugins in the same published band share a rank. Each page has a maintenance check and the alternatives.
#1
Image Widget
image-widget #1Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails #1VK All in One Expansion Unit
vk-all-in-one-expansion-unit #4BlossomThemes Toolkit
blossomthemes-toolkit #4Enhanced Text Widget
enhanced-text-widget #6Custom Post Type Widgets
custom-post-type-widgets #6Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget)
custom-post-widget #6Essential Widgets
essential-widgets #6Flash Toolkit
flash-toolkit #6Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, Air Quality & Weather Widget
location-weather #6Meks ThemeForest Smart Widget
meks-themeforest-smart-widget #6Powerkit – Supercharge your WordPress Site
powerkit #6RaraTheme Companion
raratheme-companion #6Shapely Companion
shapely-companion #6Shortcode Widget
shortcode-widget #6Simple Image Widget
simple-image-widget #6WP Tab Widget
wp-tab-widget #6Widget Content Blocks
wysiwyg-widgets #19List Custom Taxonomy Widget
list-custom-taxonomy-widget #19Newpost Catch
newpost-catch #19Rich Contact Widget
rich-contact-widget #19WP Editor Widget
wp-editor-widget #23Weather Atlas Widget
weather-atlas #24Alx Extensions
alx-extensions #24Custom Meta Widget
custom-meta-widget #24Genesis Featured Page Advanced
genesis-featured-page-advanced #24Responsive Mortgage Calculator
responsive-mortgage-calculator #28Illdy Companion
illdy-companion #28Remove Widget Titles
remove-widget-titles #28WP Categories Widget
wp-categories-widget #31Logo Manager For Enamad – لوگوی نماد الکترونیکی
logo-manager-for-enamad #31ThemeZee Widget Bundle
themezee-widget-bundle #33Icon Widget
icon-widget #33Link Widget Title
link-widget-title #33Mortgage Calculator
mortgage-calculator #33Recent Posts by Category Widget
recent-posts-by-category-widget #33Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget
ultimate-tag-cloud-widget #33wp-forecast
wp-forecast #39Bible Verse of the Day
bible-verse-of-the-day #39Code Widget
code-widget #39Contact Information Widget
contact-information-widget #39Display Categories Widget
display-categories-widget #39Duplicate Widgets
duplicate-widgets #39Feature A Page Widget
feature-a-page-widget #39Image Widget
image-widget-rb #39KBoard 위젯 – 워드프레스 게시판
kboard-widget #39Pages In Widgets
pages-in-widgets #39Service Box – Icon Box Showcase
service-box #39Stylish Price List – Price Table Builder & QR Code Restaurant Menu
stylish-price-list #39Travel Agency Companion – Create Tour & Travel Website Using WP Travel Engine
travel-agency-companion #39Weather Underground
wunderground #52Animated Number Counters
animated-number-counters #52Britetechs Companion
britetechs-companion #52Classic Text Widget
classic-text-widget #52Colorful Categories
colorful-categories #52Configurable Tag Cloud (CTC)
configurable-tag-cloud-widget #52Currency Converter Widget
currency-converter-widget #52E-namad & Shamed Logo Manager
e-namad-shamed-logo-manager #52Easy Sidebar Menu Widget
easy-sidebar-menu-widget #52Hot Random Image
hot-random-image #52Lightning Advanced Unit
lightning-advanced-unit #52News Announcement Scroll
news-announcement-scroll #52Podlove Subscribe button
podlove-subscribe-button #52Simple Link List Widget
simple-link-list-widget #52Themeflection Numbers – Number Counter and Animated Numbers
tf-numbers-number-counter-animaton #66Categorized Tag Cloud
categorized-tag-cloud #66Collapsed Archives
collapsed-archives #66Crypto Converter ⚡ Widget
crypto-converter-widget #66Custom Link Widget
custom-link-widget #66Duplicate Widget
duplicate-widget #66Exchange Rates Widget
exchange-rates-widget #66Featured Image
featured-image #66HTML5 Cumulus
html5-cumulus #66HW Image Widget
hw-image-widget #66Icon List
icon-list #66Image Widget Deluxe
image-widget-deluxe #66Links With Icons Widget
links-with-icons-widget #66LJ Multi Column Archive
lj-multi-column-archive #66More Widgets
more-widgets #66Note – A live edit text widget
note #66NS Category Widget
ns-category-widget #66Page in Widget
page-in-widget #66Contact Info Widget
simple-contact-info-widget #66Smart WYSIWYG Blocks Of Content
smart-wysiwyg-blocks-of-content #66Suffice Toolkit
suffice-toolkit #66Széchenyi 2020 Logo
szechenyi-2020-logo #66Taxonomy List Widget
tag-list-widget #66Theme Blvd Widget Pack
theme-blvd-widget-pack #66Sidebar Shortcode
thinker-sidebar-shortcode #66Vf Expansion
vf-expansion #66VikWidgetsLoader – Collection of Widgets
vikwidgetsloader #66Visual Bible Verse of the Day Widget
visual-verse-of-the-day-widget #66Weather Widget Pro
weather-in-any-city-widget #66Wettervorhersage
wettervorhersage #66Widget Contact Form 7
widget-contact-form-7 #66Widgets Reloaded
widgets-reloaded #66WP Counter Up – Animated Number Counter & Milestone Showcase
wp-counter-up #98Tourfic Toolkit
travelfic-toolkit #99CC BMI Calculator
cc-bmi-calculator #100Category and Subcategory List Widget
category-subcategory-list-widget #100CurrencyConverter
currencyconverter #100iCalendrier
icalendrier #100Pixelonetry Companion
pixelonetry-companion #104Crypto Price Widgets – CryptoWP
cryptowp #104WP Team – WordPress Team Member Plugin
ht-team-member #104Salat Times
salat-times #104Simple Digital Clock 🕒
simple-digital-clock #104Simple Ticker
simple-ticker #104Wetterwarner
wetterwarner #110Service Box
service-boxs #110Shortcodes in Sidebar
shortcodes-in-sidebar #112Currency Converter Widget ⚡ PRO
currency-converter-widget-pro #112Dynamic Widget Content
dynamic-widget-content #112m1.MiniWeather
m1miniweather #112Mortgage Rates
mortgage-rates #112Multicolumn Category Widget
multicolumn-category-widget #112Print 🖨
print-this-page #112Skill Bars
skillbars #119Cryptocurrency Price Widget
cryptocurrency-price-widget #119Daily Readings
daily-readings #119No Cache AJAX Widgets
no-cache-ajax-widgets #119PiwigoPress
piwigopress #119SuevaFree Essential Kit
suevafree-essential-kit #119The Word Widget
the-word-widget #119Top Commentators Widget
top-commentators-widget #119Widget Alias
widget-alias #119Widgetbird
widgetbird #119WP Shredderchess
wp-shredderchess #129Accepted Payment Methods
accepted-payment-methods #129CC Canadian Mortgage Calculator
cc-canadian-mortgage-calculator #129Date Today Nepali
date-today-nepali #129Discord Display
discord-display #129Elemental Calculator
elemental-calculator #129Footer Widget Bundle
footer-widget-bundle #129Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts
recent-comments-widget-with-comment-excerpts #129Recently Updated Pages and Posts
recently-updated-pages-and-posts #129Liveticker (by stklcode)
stklcode-liveticker #129WPB Image Widget
wpb-image-widget #129Xllentech English Islamic Calendar
xllentech-english-islamic-calendarThis grouping does not exist anywhere else
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