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Popping Sidebars and Widgets Light

Create custom popping layouts with sidebars and widgets in just a few clicks.

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Tested up to WordPress 5.9
Current version1.27
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 5.9
Minimum stackWP 3.6 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update1 Apr 20224y ago
Active installations90Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating2.5 / 5 from 4 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Popping Sidebars and Widgets Light version 1.27 as active, updated 4y ago and tested up to WordPress 5.9.

Overview

About this plugin

Easily create all different kinds of popups / overlays for your WordPress site and place sidebars and widgets in them.

How Popping Sidebars and Widgets works

  • Create Sidebars – as many as you need
  • Set up Your Overlay / Popup
  • Create Layout and Insert Sidebars – just a few clicks with the OTW Grid Manager

Popup / Overlay types

  • Full bars
  • Side boxs
  • Popups / Lightboxes

Unlimited Number of Sidebars

This plugin will allow you to create unlimited number of custom sidebars that you will be able to place in your overlays. Once a sidebar is created it will be available in Appearance -> Widgets section just like any other sidebar. Newly created sidebars can have vertical or horizontal widget alignment.

Custom Layouts – OTW Grid Manager

Creating custom layouts in your overlays is just a few clicks job with the OTW Grid Manager. No coding is required. It is all done in a very easy to use interface.

Custom styling

Create a new class for each overlay / popup in its edit screen so you can style it however you want.

Localization/Internationalization

This plugin comes Localization/Internationalization ready. It is following WordPress I18n standards.

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Demo site

  • Responsive Layouts in your Overlay
  • Visibility for any set of pages, page templates, posts, categories, tags, archives, custom post types, taxonomies, user roles, WPML languages, WooCommerce, bbPress, BuddyPress
  • Full Bar and Side Box Positioning – Header, Footer, Left and Right
  • Full Bar and Side Box – Scrolling Type
  • More Animations
  • Active Periods
  • More open/close events – on page load, on page load with delay, after a number of page views, on exit intent, from a link, number of page loads, period of time, etc.
  • Custom Styling via an interface in the back-end
  • Overlay First Load – Opened / Closed
  • Content Position – right and center
  • Show Button Label
  • Hide for small screens – on / off
  • z-index
  • Trigger from a link via Shortcodes
  • Trigger form a WP menu item
  • Support and Updates
  • Zero Coding Required
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

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

  • custom layout
  • custom sidebars
  • full bar
  • open close events
  • lightbox
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 5.9

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 5.9.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to5.9
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.6 · PHP not listed
Update activity1 Apr 20224y ago

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