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Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager

Flexible sidebars for custom classic widget configurations on any page or post. Create custom sidebars with ease!

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version3.38
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 4.6 · PHP 5.6
Directory statusactive
Last directory update16 Aug 20262mo ago
Active installations100K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.7 / 5 from 1,028 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager version 3.38 as active, updated 2mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Manage and replace sidebars and other classic widget areas on your site with Custom Sidebars, a flexible widget area manager.

Make custom sidebar configurations and be able to choose what classic widgets display on each page or post of your site.

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8. 8 (and above) you have to install the official Classic Widgets plugin, or enable the classic widgets interface yourself. Once the classic widgets screen is activated the plugin will work the same as before.

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Display Different Sidebars on Pages and Posts

Custom Sidebars allows you to dynamically display custom widget configurations on any page, post, category, post type, or archive page.

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“Custom Sidebars will go on my “essential plugins” list from now on. ” – monkeyhateclean

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“This plugin does exactly what it says. ” – DarkNova

Every part of Custom Sidebars integrates seamlessly with the Widgets menu for simplicity and control. No confusing settings pages or added menu items, just simple core integration.

A Simple Flexible Sidebar Manager

** Custom Sidebars Includes: **

* Unlimited custom widget configurations

* Set custom widgets for individual posts and pages, categories, post types, and archives

* Seamless integration with the WordPress Widgets menu

* Works with well-coded themes and doesn’t slow down your site

* Set individual widget visibility – for guests, by user role, by post type, for special pages or categories

* Author specific sidebars – display a custom sidebar for each of your authors

* Clone and sync widget settings – quickly edit complex configurations

* Import and export custom sidebars – backup and share sidebars

Install Custom Sidebars and see for yourself why it’s the most popular widget extension plugin available for WordPress with over 200,000 active installs.

Contact and Credits

Original development completed by Javier Marquez.

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Plugin tags

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  • classic widgets
  • custom sidebar
  • dynamic widgets
  • widget
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.6 · PHP 5.6
Update activity16 Aug 20262mo ago

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