Lightweight Sidebar Manager
by Brainstorm Force · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 33 other plugins · 7.0M+ installs across the portfolio →
Create new sidebar areas and display them conditionally on certain pages. Works with all themes.
Install count doesn't reflect chosen adoption
80K+ installs but only 21 reviews: about 2.6 per 10,000 installs, where plugins people pick from the directory typically sit above 10. The install count also held flat for months and then climbed several tiers within weeks, the shape of a distribution change rather than organic adoption. Install bases built through bundling or preinstallation look like this. That is a legitimate way to ship software, but it means the install count says little about how many users chose this plugin.
Not a judgment of the plugin itself. We keep it off install-based leaderboards because the count isn't a popularity signal here.
84 health vs 54 average across 3,791 Admin & Utilities plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
3.1K
now · peak 58.5K
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
9mo ago
latest release · v2.0.0
14
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 67% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “80K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2018-02-01 · 1,469 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.
Details
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.0.0 Fix: Fixed security issue from astra-notice library. 2.0.0
- — Version 1.1.8 Fix: Sidebar rendering issue where specifying “All Singulars from {{category}}” resulted in incorrect display of “{{category}} – Category” after saving. 1.1.8
- — Version 1.1.7 Fix: Added compatibility with WordPress v5.7 for jQuery migration warnings on admin page. 1.1.7
- — Version 1.1.6 Improvement: Hardened the security of plugin. 1.1.6
- — Version 1.1.5 Fix: Security hardening. 1.1.5
- — Version 1.1.4 Fix: Fixed compatibility with other plugins with respect to the admin notice. 1.1.4
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-10 90K+ → 80K+ down after 190 days in tier
- 2025-11-01 100K+ → 90K+ down
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).
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