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Custom Sidebars Manager vs Lightweight Sidebar Manager

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Active-install trajectory

Custom Sidebars Manager moved down one install band, 30+ to 20+; Lightweight Sidebar Manager moved down one install band, 90K+ to 80K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Custom Sidebars Manager Lightweight Sidebar Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 20–30 80K–90K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window. -33% -11% ✓
Overall health D · 43 B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 69/100 77/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 3.8★ 4.1★ ✓
Reviews 2 21 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 29/100 95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. High Low ✓
Last updated 11.2y ago 2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d 31 3.2K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.4% 7.2% ✓
Category Uncategorized Admin & Utilities

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Custom Sidebars ManagerLightweight Sidebar Manager

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.