by Brainstorm Force 4.2 (21 reviews)

Lightweight Sidebar Manager

Name: Lightweight Sidebar Manager
Rating: 4.2 (21 reviews)
Author: Brainstorm Force

Create new sidebar areas and display them conditionally on certain pages. Works with all themes.

Lightweight Sidebar Manager ranks #542 among WordPress.org plugins with 80,000+ active installations, is #85 of 8,549 in the Customization category, a 4.2/5 rating from 21 reviews, and was last updated Aug 24, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.0.0 Current Version v2.0.0

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 24 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#85 of 8,549 in Customization Top 1% by installs Downloads -27.9% this week Actively maintained

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#542

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Active Installs

80K+

-5.1%

KW Avg Position

25.8

0.2 worse

Downloads

1.1M

+38 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

84%

Review 4.2 out of 5

4.2 (21 reviews)

Next Milestone 90K

Total Progress 29.3%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.2

21 reviews

Overall 84%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Jun 7, 2023

Lightweight Sidebar Manager [sidebar-manager] < 1.1.4

CVE-2021-4342 · Fixed in v1.1.4
Sep 16, 2020

Lightweight Sidebar Manager [sidebar-manager] < 1.1.4

Fixed in v1.1.4
Sep 16, 2020

Lightweight Sidebar Manager [sidebar-manager] < 1.1.5

CVE-2020-36747 · Fixed in v1.1.5
Lightweight Sidebar Manager [sidebar-manager] < 1.1.4

Fixed in v1.1.4

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.0.0
Last Updated: Aug 24, 2026
Requires WP: 4.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Brainstorm Force

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.2
Reviews: 21
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

conditional sidebar custom sidebar custom widget areas sidebar manager widgets

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want different sidebar content on different pages, such as WooCommerce stores. It solves the problem of a single static sidebar being irrelevant on certain pages by letting users create and conditionally display multiple sidebars.