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Admin Sticky Widget Areas

A simple plugin to make the widget areas on the right side of /wp-admin/widgets.php sticky.

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Tested up to WordPress 5.2
Current version1.0.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 5.2
Minimum stackWP 4.9 · PHP 5.6
Directory statusactive
Last directory update14 May 20197y ago
Active installations20Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.3 / 5 from 3 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Admin Sticky Widget Areas version 1.0.0 as active, updated 7y ago and tested up to WordPress 5.2.

Overview

About this plugin

This plugin fixes the widget areas on WordPress widgets page on the admin backend so they always remain in view when scrolling up/down.

It will greatly reduce the time and effort in having to hold widgets and drag a long distance up and down.

, only when the widget areas appear on the right side, in a column.

If you do not wish to use the plugin and want to temporarily achieve the same sticky widgets, bring up your browser’s dev tools and add this CSS to the widgets page:

@media only screen and (min-width: 481px) {

widget-liquid-right { position: -webkit-sticky; position: sticky; top: 42px; }

}

Automatic Installation

Search for Admin Sticky Widget Areas from within your WordPress plugins Add New page and install.

Manual Installation

  • Click on the Download button to download the plugin.
  • Upload the entire admin-sticky-widget-areas folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  • Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • admin
  • sticky
  • widgets
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 5.2

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 5.2.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to5.2
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.9 · PHP 5.6
Update activity14 May 20197y ago

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