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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

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 100K installs · 4.9 stars
#1

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails 100K installs · 4.8 stars
#1

VK All in One Expansion Unit

vk-all-in-one-expansion-unit 100K installs · 4.0 stars
#4

BlossomThemes Toolkit

blossomthemes-toolkit 30K installs · 5.0 stars
#4

Enhanced Text Widget

enhanced-text-widget 30K installs · 4.9 stars
#6

Custom Post Type Widgets

custom-post-type-widgets 10K installs · 4.8 stars
#6

Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget)

custom-post-widget 10K installs · 4.9 stars
#6

Essential Widgets

essential-widgets 10K installs · 3.5 stars
#6

Flash Toolkit

flash-toolkit 10K installs · 5.0 stars
#6

Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, Air Quality & Weather Widget

location-weather 10K installs · 4.5 stars
#6

Meks ThemeForest Smart Widget

meks-themeforest-smart-widget 10K installs · 5.0 stars
#6

Powerkit – Supercharge your WordPress Site

powerkit 10K installs · 4.5 stars
#6

RaraTheme Companion

raratheme-companion 10K installs
#6

Shapely Companion

shapely-companion 10K installs · 2.0 stars
#6

Shortcode Widget

shortcode-widget 10K installs · 4.9 stars
#6

Simple Image Widget

simple-image-widget 10K installs · 4.5 stars
#6

WP Tab Widget

wp-tab-widget 10K installs · 4.3 stars
#6

Widget Content Blocks

wysiwyg-widgets 10K installs · 4.8 stars
#19

List Custom Taxonomy Widget

list-custom-taxonomy-widget 9K installs · 4.7 stars
#19

Newpost Catch

newpost-catch 9K installs · 5.0 stars
#19

Rich Contact Widget

rich-contact-widget 9K installs · 4.6 stars
#19

WP Editor Widget

wp-editor-widget 9K installs · 4.6 stars
#23

Weather Atlas Widget

weather-atlas 8K installs · 4.1 stars
#24

Alx Extensions

alx-extensions 7K installs · 4.8 stars
#24

Custom Meta Widget

custom-meta-widget 7K installs · 5.0 stars
#24

Genesis Featured Page Advanced

genesis-featured-page-advanced 7K installs · 5.0 stars
#24

Responsive Mortgage Calculator

responsive-mortgage-calculator 7K installs · 4.4 stars
#28

Illdy Companion

illdy-companion 6K installs · 5.0 stars
#28

Remove Widget Titles

remove-widget-titles 6K installs · 5.0 stars
#28

WP Categories Widget

wp-categories-widget 6K installs · 4.5 stars
#31

Logo Manager For Enamad – لوگوی نماد الکترونیکی

logo-manager-for-enamad 5K installs · 4.4 stars
#31

ThemeZee Widget Bundle

themezee-widget-bundle 5K installs · 4.8 stars
#33

Icon Widget

icon-widget 4K installs · 5.0 stars
#33

Link Widget Title

link-widget-title 4K installs · 3.0 stars
#33

Mortgage Calculator

mortgage-calculator 4K installs · 5.0 stars
#33

Recent Posts by Category Widget

recent-posts-by-category-widget 4K installs · 4.7 stars
#33

Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget

ultimate-tag-cloud-widget 4K installs · 4.6 stars
#33

wp-forecast

wp-forecast 4K installs · 4.2 stars
#39

Bible Verse of the Day

bible-verse-of-the-day 3K installs · 4.9 stars
#39

Code Widget

code-widget 3K installs · 4.9 stars
#39

Contact Information Widget

contact-information-widget 3K installs · 4.3 stars
#39

Display Categories Widget

display-categories-widget 3K installs · 4.8 stars
#39

Duplicate Widgets

duplicate-widgets 3K installs · 4.6 stars
#39

Feature A Page Widget

feature-a-page-widget 3K installs · 5.0 stars
#39

Image Widget

image-widget-rb 3K installs · 3.0 stars
#39

KBoard 위젯 – 워드프레스 게시판

kboard-widget 3K installs
#39

Pages In Widgets

pages-in-widgets 3K installs · 4.6 stars
#39

Service Box – Icon Box Showcase

service-box 3K installs · 4.8 stars
#39

Stylish Price List – Price Table Builder & QR Code Restaurant Menu

stylish-price-list 3K installs · 4.7 stars
#39

Travel Agency Companion – Create Tour & Travel Website Using WP Travel Engine

travel-agency-companion 3K installs · 2.5 stars
#39

Weather Underground

wunderground 3K installs · 3.7 stars
#52

Animated Number Counters

animated-number-counters 2K installs · 3.4 stars
#52

Britetechs Companion

britetechs-companion 2K installs
#52

Classic Text Widget

classic-text-widget 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#52

Colorful Categories

colorful-categories 2K installs · 4.7 stars
#52

Configurable Tag Cloud (CTC)

configurable-tag-cloud-widget 2K installs · 3.7 stars
#52

Currency Converter Widget

currency-converter-widget 2K installs · 4.9 stars
#52

E-namad & Shamed Logo Manager

e-namad-shamed-logo-manager 2K installs · 4.4 stars
#52

Easy Sidebar Menu Widget

easy-sidebar-menu-widget 2K installs · 4.8 stars
#52

Hot Random Image

hot-random-image 2K installs · 4.9 stars
#52

Lightning Advanced Unit

lightning-advanced-unit 2K installs
#52

News Announcement Scroll

news-announcement-scroll 2K installs · 4.6 stars
#52

Podlove Subscribe button

podlove-subscribe-button 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#52

Simple Link List Widget

simple-link-list-widget 2K installs · 4.6 stars
#52

Themeflection Numbers – Number Counter and Animated Numbers

tf-numbers-number-counter-animaton 2K installs · 4.2 stars
#66

Categorized Tag Cloud

categorized-tag-cloud 1K installs · 3.8 stars
#66

Collapsed Archives

collapsed-archives 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#66

Crypto Converter ⚡ Widget

crypto-converter-widget 1K installs · 4.6 stars
#66

Custom Link Widget

custom-link-widget 1K installs · 3.7 stars
#66

Duplicate Widget

duplicate-widget 1K installs · 4.3 stars
#66

Exchange Rates Widget

exchange-rates-widget 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#66

Featured Image

featured-image 1K installs · 4.4 stars
#66

HTML5 Cumulus

html5-cumulus 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#66

HW Image Widget

hw-image-widget 1K installs · 4.4 stars
#66

Icon List

icon-list 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#66

Image Widget Deluxe

image-widget-deluxe 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#66

Links With Icons Widget

links-with-icons-widget 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#66

LJ Multi Column Archive

lj-multi-column-archive 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#66

More Widgets

more-widgets 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#66

Note – A live edit text widget

note 1K installs · 4.8 stars
#66

NS Category Widget

ns-category-widget 1K installs · 4.8 stars
#66

Page in Widget

page-in-widget 1K installs · 4.9 stars
#66

Contact Info Widget

simple-contact-info-widget 1K installs · 3.8 stars
#66

Smart WYSIWYG Blocks Of Content

smart-wysiwyg-blocks-of-content 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#66

Suffice Toolkit

suffice-toolkit 1K installs
#66

Széchenyi 2020 Logo

szechenyi-2020-logo 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#66

Taxonomy List Widget

tag-list-widget 1K installs · 4.3 stars
#66

Theme Blvd Widget Pack

theme-blvd-widget-pack 1K installs
#66

Sidebar Shortcode

thinker-sidebar-shortcode 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#66

Vf Expansion

vf-expansion 1K installs
#66

VikWidgetsLoader – Collection of Widgets

vikwidgetsloader 1K installs
#66

Visual Bible Verse of the Day Widget

visual-verse-of-the-day-widget 1K installs · 4.0 stars
#66

Weather Widget Pro

weather-in-any-city-widget 1K installs · 3.9 stars
#66

Wettervorhersage

wettervorhersage 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#66

Widget Contact Form 7

widget-contact-form-7 1K installs · 2.7 stars
#66

Widgets Reloaded

widgets-reloaded 1K installs · 4.5 stars
#66

WP Counter Up – Animated Number Counter & Milestone Showcase

wp-counter-up 1K installs · 4.0 stars
#98

Tourfic Toolkit

travelfic-toolkit 900 installs
#99

CC BMI Calculator

cc-bmi-calculator 700 installs · 3.3 stars
#100

Category and Subcategory List Widget

category-subcategory-list-widget 600 installs · 4.5 stars
#100

CurrencyConverter

currencyconverter 600 installs · 4.2 stars
#100

iCalendrier

icalendrier 600 installs · 5.0 stars
#100

Pixelonetry Companion

pixelonetry-companion 600 installs · 1.0 stars
#104

Crypto Price Widgets – CryptoWP

cryptowp 500 installs · 5.0 stars
#104

WP Team – WordPress Team Member Plugin

ht-team-member 500 installs · 4.3 stars
#104

Salat Times

salat-times 500 installs · 4.8 stars
#104

Simple Digital Clock 🕒

simple-digital-clock 500 installs · 4.3 stars
#104

Simple Ticker

simple-ticker 500 installs · 4.0 stars
#104

Wetterwarner

wetterwarner 500 installs · 5.0 stars
#110

Service Box

service-boxs 400 installs · 5.0 stars
#110

Shortcodes in Sidebar

shortcodes-in-sidebar 400 installs · 5.0 stars
#112

Currency Converter Widget ⚡ PRO

currency-converter-widget-pro 300 installs · 5.0 stars
#112

Dynamic Widget Content

dynamic-widget-content 300 installs · 4.9 stars
#112

m1.MiniWeather

m1miniweather 300 installs · 5.0 stars
#112

Mortgage Rates

mortgage-rates 300 installs · 4.0 stars
#112

Multicolumn Category Widget

multicolumn-category-widget 300 installs · 4.2 stars
#112

Print 🖨

print-this-page 300 installs · 3.5 stars
#112

Skill Bars

skillbars 300 installs · 4.7 stars
#119

Cryptocurrency Price Widget

cryptocurrency-price-widget 200 installs · 4.4 stars
#119

Daily Readings

daily-readings 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#119

No Cache AJAX Widgets

no-cache-ajax-widgets 200 installs · 4.2 stars
#119

PiwigoPress

piwigopress 200 installs · 3.7 stars
#119

SuevaFree Essential Kit

suevafree-essential-kit 200 installs
#119

The Word Widget

the-word-widget 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#119

Top Commentators Widget

top-commentators-widget 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#119

Widget Alias

widget-alias 200 installs · 4.3 stars
#119

Widgetbird

widgetbird 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#119

WP Shredderchess

wp-shredderchess 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#129

Accepted Payment Methods

accepted-payment-methods 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#129

CC Canadian Mortgage Calculator

cc-canadian-mortgage-calculator 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#129

Date Today Nepali

date-today-nepali 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#129

Discord Display

discord-display 100 installs · 1.0 stars
#129

Elemental Calculator

elemental-calculator 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#129

Footer Widget Bundle

footer-widget-bundle 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#129

Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts

recent-comments-widget-with-comment-excerpts 100 installs · 4.5 stars
#129

Recently Updated Pages and Posts

recently-updated-pages-and-posts 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#129

Liveticker (by stklcode)

stklcode-liveticker 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#129

WPB Image Widget

wpb-image-widget 100 installs · 4.0 stars
#129

Xllentech English Islamic Calendar

xllentech-english-islamic-calendar 100 installs · 5.0 stars

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