Custom Sidebars Manager
by FRESHFACE · Uncategorized
Create one global sidebar from multiple sidebars, or multiple sidebars from one global. Widget visibility and implemented conditions as well
43 health vs 64 average across 4,388 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3970 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
62
now · peak 590
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-05-14 40+ → 30+ down after 112 days in band
- 2025-01-22 30+ → 40+ up after 13 days in band
- 2025-01-09 40+ → 30+ down after 187 days in band
- 2024-07-06 50+ → 40+ down after 466 days in band
- 2023-03-28 60+ → 50+ down after 27 days in band
- 2023-03-01 50+ → 60+ up after 25 days in band
- 2023-02-04 60+ → 50+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Lightweight Sidebar Manager 80K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Ocean Custom Sidebar 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple Page Sidebars 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C -
Easy Custom Sidebars 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
Stag Custom Sidebars 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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