Dynamic Widget Content

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Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

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13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 48% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 6 months ago; the previous band took 15 months to cross, which places it about 62% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ captaincrank

   3.7y ago

   We are using Dynamic Widget Content plugin to replace a different discontinued plugin that had security vulnerabilities. This Dynamic Widget Content plugin is lightweight and much easier to use then the plugin it replaced. Highly flexible, maintained and recommended!

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2. ★★★★★ pnt

   6.1y ago

   Very useful

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3. ★★★★★ argosmedia

   7.7y ago

   This is a great little plugin! By default WP is rather rigid and treats post/page content and widget content as unrelated content blocks, offering no way of simply adding content to a widget area from within the post/page editor page itself, and only relevant to that particular post/page. As a workaround I usually create some content blocks in Advanced Custom Fields, take their shortcodes and put those in text widgets, adding show conditions using widget logic. Rather cumbersome, but it works. Your plugin relieves me of all that and just offers exactly what I need: a simple way for me and my clients to add a content block into a widget area. Super!! The only requests I have is being able to use more than just 3 blocks, and to be able to add a title to the widgets (only for backend ease of use, not to be shown on the frontend). This topic was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by argosmedia.

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4. ★★★★★ dilusionz

   10.0y ago

   Does what it says, super useful plugin!

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5. ★★★★★ divachrismai

   10.8y ago

   Love this plugin 🙂 Only downside is that you cannot use it in more than one “place”.

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6. ★★★★★ Martin Sauter

   11.4y ago

   A simple but very useful plugin. For a future version we would like to have a customisable default content to be displayed whenever there is no individual content for a page or post.

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7. ★★★★★ codenametrdx

   11.5y ago

   I don’t know what to say man,but i’ve been searching all night for a plugin like yours and i accidently found your plugin.Why are you hiding this plugin.You are not realizing its potential.There are lots of bloggers out there creating custom fields and editing whole bunch of php code to achieve this.i’ve only started tech blogging now actually i’m working the theme if you go to http://www.techfriction.in (there are no posts or spam im editing the theme)you can see a spec chart i made with your plugin in one of the sample post. and again thankyou for your awesome work P.s edit the description i couldn’t understand what this plugin was about until i installed it

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8. ★★★★★ Brecht

   11.6y ago

   I created the plugin for myself because I couldn’t find anything similar. Looking forward to hearing what you guys think about it!

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The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.4.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.4 Dynamic Widget Content <= 1.3.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Widget Content Field ↗
   2026-02-04 CVE-2026-1268 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.3.6 Patched in 1.3.7

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-05-13 400+ → 300+ down after 449 days in tier
2. 2025-02-18 500+ → 400+ down after 6 days in tier
3. 2025-02-12 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
4. 2025-02-10 500+ → 400+ down after 287 days in tier
5. 2024-04-29 600+ → 500+ down after 260 days in tier
6. 2023-08-13 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2023-08-12 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2023-08-11 700+ → 600+ down after 3 days in tier

Competes with

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Dynamic Widget Content: 300+ active installs, 4.9★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/dynamic-widget-content