Show Widget Area Names (SWAN)

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1. ★★★★★ jhynnifer2

   8.5y ago

   This plugin is great for both troubleshooting and working with unfamiliar themes. Solid plugin!

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2. ★★★★★ kivito

   10.0y ago

   No me funciono no se si es por mi plantilla o por la versión wordpress. pero no me dio la vista que nesecitaba

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3. ★★★★★ tfbkny

   12.1y ago

   Kudos to the author for providing a little nifty plugin. I just wish WordPress would provide a way to widgetize Pages, Posts and Themes natively so one won’t have to worry about breaking functionalities (hopefully never will) when upgrading WordPress… but having this plugin is definitely quite helpful to workaround that shortcoming of WordPress. Thanks dev! 🙂

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4. ★★★★★ Steve Glick

   13.5y ago

   Provides very useful information, especially when you have a lot of widget areas. Foolproof. I suggested that the author to add a toggle so I could easily show or hide the widget area names without activating/deactivating the plugin. (That would make it easier to visualize.) He added the toggle to the top admin bar. It works even better than I expected. Now I can see using this on all my WP sites in development! Thanks to the author for his responsiveness! Now I’d give 5+ stars for this simple plugin. This is especially useful with Headway Themes and other themes and plugins that allow many placements for widgets or conditional placement of widgets and sidebars.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-01-18 40+ → 30+ down after 192 days in tier
2. 2025-07-10 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in tier
3. 2025-07-06 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in tier
4. 2025-07-01 50+ → 40+ down after 36 days in tier
5. 2025-05-26 40+ → 50+ up after 45 days in tier
6. 2025-04-11 50+ → 40+ down after 110 days in tier
7. 2024-12-22 60+ → 50+ down after 328 days in tier
8. 2024-01-29 70+ → 60+ down after 115 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• One Click Demo Import 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
• Ocean Extra 500K+ installs · 3.4★ · 1 shared tag B
• SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle 400K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Jeg Kit for Elementor – Powerful Addons for Elementor, Widgets & Templates for WordPress 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
• Widget Importer & Exporter 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A

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Show Widget Area Names (SWAN): 30+ active installs, 4.3★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/show-widget-area-names