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sidebar plugins
603 plugins in the directory carry the sidebar tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
603
plugins
612,510+
combined reach
44
released in 90 days
88%
quiet 18 months+
3
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2026 | Expanding Archives | 3,000+ | released after a long silence |
| 16 Aug 2026 | WP One Post Widget | 10+ | released after a long silence |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Shortcodes in Sidebar | 400+ | released after a long silence |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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! | 100,000+ | 4.7★ | 21 days ago |
| Image Widget A simple image widget that uses the native WordPress media manager to add image widgets to your site. | 100,000+ | 4.9★ | 5 months ago |
| Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails List the most recent posts with post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, dates and more! | 100,000+ | 4.8★ | 19 days ago |
| Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress More attention and a higher ad performance with fixed sticky widgets. | 70,000+ | 4.7★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin Display new sidebars on any post, page, category etc. Works with Classic Widgets, Block Widgets, and all themes! | 30,000+ | 4.9★ | 9 months ago |
| Meks Simple Flickr Widget Quickly display your Flickr photos inside WordPress widget. | 20,000+ | 4.3★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Ocean Custom Sidebar Generates an unlimited number of sidebars and place them on any page you wish. Go to Theme Panel > Sidebars to create your custom sidebars. | 20,000+ | 5.0★ | 19 days ago |
| Widgets on Pages The easiest and highest rated way to Add Widgets or Sidebars to Posts and Pages using Visual editor, shortcodes or template tags. | 20,000+ | 4.7★ | 22 months ago · quiet |
| WP Sticky Sidebar – Floating Sidebar On Scroll for Any Theme WP Sticky Sidebar plugin will make your menu or header stick to the side of page, after desired number of pixels when scrolled 📌 | 10,000+ | 4.9★ | 25 days ago |
| Newpost Catch Thumbnails in new articles setting widget. | 10,000+ | 5.0★ | 18 days ago |
| Simple Image Widget A simple widget that makes it a breeze to add images to your sidebars. | 10,000+ | 4.5★ | 14 months ago |
| SMK Sidebar Generator Create unlimited custom sidebars and widget areas. Display different sidebars on specific pages, posts, or custom post types with conditional logic. | 10,000+ | 4.4★ | 7 months ago |
| List Custom Taxonomy Widget The List Custom Taxonomy Widget is a quick and easy way to display custom taxonomies. Simply choose the taxonomy name you want to display from an auto … | 9,000+ | 4.7★ | 2 months ago |
| Sidebar Login Easily add an ajax-enhanced login widget to your WordPress site sidebar. | 9,000+ | 4.5★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| My WP Customize Admin/Frontend Simply and easy-to-use the customize for Admin and Frontend. A lot of custom filters and actions, and included the developer tools. | 8,000+ | 4.3★ | 17 days ago |
| Disable Author Pages Disable the author pages | 5,000+ | 4.9★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Collapsing Categories Adds a widget which uses Javascript to dynamically expand or collapse the set of posts for each category. | 4,000+ | 4.1★ | 7 months ago |
| Recent Posts by Category Widget Just like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category to pull posts from. | 4,000+ | 4.7★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| WebwinkelKeur: Webshop keurmerk & reviews for WordPress Reviews verzamelen voor je WordPress website of WooCommerce webshop doe je met WebwinkelKeur. | 4,000+ | 5.0★ | 16 days ago |
| ACF Nav Menu Field ACF Nav Menu field plugin provides an option to show a menu in the front end similar to other ACF fields (Text, Textarea, Number, Range etc.) | 3,000+ | 2.6★ | 16 months ago |
| cformsII This is a fork of cformsII, a highly customizable, flexible and powerful form builder plugin, covering a variety of use cases and features. | 3,000+ | 4.3★ | 5 months ago |
| Collapsing Archives This plugin uses Javascript to dynamically expand or collapse the set of months for each year and posts for each month in the archive listing of your … | 3,000+ | 4.1★ | 7 months ago |
| Expanding Archives This plugin adds a new widget where you can view your old posts by expanding certain years and months. | 3,000+ | 4.7★ | 8 days ago |
| Feature A Page Widget A widget to display an attractive summary of any page in any widget area. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 6 years ago · quiet |
| Image Widget Image Widget - most simple and fast way to create image widget to your sidebar | 3,000+ | 3.0★ | 11 months ago |
| Login-Logout Widget with login, logout, admin and register links. Replacement of the default Meta widget. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 6 years ago · quiet |
| Ultimate Floating Widgets – Make popup sidebars Create sticky / fixed / popup bubble and flyout sidebars and add your widgets to it. | 3,000+ | 4.9★ | 20 months ago · quiet |
| Widgetize Pages Light Drop widgets in page or post content area. Widgetized pages. Build your custom Responsive page layout in no time. No coding, easy and fun! | 3,000+ | 4.2★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| Ad Widget for WordPress Easily upload ad images and ad code to your sidebar. For those that don't need or want a complicated ad management system. | 2,000+ | 4.3★ | 11 months ago |
| Contact Form 7 Widget Use your Contact Form 7 forms and other shortcodes in your sidebars. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Taxonomy Dropdown Widget Creates a dropdown list of non-hierarchical taxonomies as an alternative to the term (tag) cloud. Formerly known as Tag Dropdown Widget. | 2,000+ | 4.7★ | 8 months ago |
| bbPress WP Tweaks Adds bbPress forum specific sidebar, wrapper, widgets, user columns, login links and other tweaks. | 1,000+ | 4.2★ | 9 months ago |
| Categorized Tag Cloud A cloud with the most used tags in a sidebar widget, filtered by post category. | 1,000+ | 3.8★ | 24 days ago |
| Custom Sidebars by ProteusThemes Allows you to create custom sidebars. Replace sidebars for specific posts and pages. | 1,000+ | — | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| Duplicate Widget A widget that can act as a duplicate of another widget (for synchronized use in another sidebar) | 1,000+ | 4.3★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| LJ Multi Column Archive LJ Multi Column Archive is a Wordpress plugin/widget that allows you to display your archive list with multiple columns. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 14 years ago · quiet |
| NS Category Widget A plugin to add widget for listing Categories and Taxonomies. Extending Default WordPress Category Widget. | 1,000+ | 4.8★ | 12 months ago |
| Posts By Tag Provide sidebar widget, shortcode and template functions that can be used to display posts from a set of tags using various options in the sidebar or … | 1,000+ | 3.8★ | 4.5 years ago · quiet |
| Standard Widget Extensions Adds Sticky Sidebar and Accordion Widget features to your WordPress sites. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Taxonomy List Widget Creates a list (bulleted, number, or custom) of non-hierarchical taxonomies as an alternative to the term (tag) cloud. Formerly known as Tag List Widg … | 1,000+ | 4.3★ | 8 months ago |
| Sidebar Shortcode Add sidebars to WordPress posts and pages using shortcodes with a sidebar Name or ID. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 4.5 years ago · quiet |
| Widgets Reloaded More advanced versions of the default WordPress widgets that come with highly customizable control panels. | 1,000+ | 4.5★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Swifty Image Widget Super simple but powerful widget that allows adding single or multiple images to your widget positions, using native media uploader. | 900+ | 5.0★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| ACF: Sidebar Selector A field for Advanced Custom Fields which allows you to select a sidebar | 800+ | 4.3★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| Admin Sticky Sidebar Makes the post editor sidebar stick to the screen while scrolling, and restores scroll position after publishing or updating. | 800+ | — | 10 days ago |
| Widgets Control A Widget toolbox that adds visibility management and helps to control where widgets, sidebars and content are shown efficiently. | 800+ | 4.7★ | 9 months ago |
| Query Posts A WordPress widget that gives you unlimited control over showing posts and pages. | 700+ | 3.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Responsive Sidebar Makes your sidebar responsive. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Sidebar Login Widget I Appreciate if you please give reviews and any suggestions after using this plugin. If you like this plugin you can donate or contribute by clicking … | 700+ | 4.8★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| WP Notes Widget Display important, short, time sensitive text and media in a 'sticky note' style. Auto Tweet your notes. | 700+ | 4.6★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
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