Widgetize Pages Light
by OTWthemes · Uncategorized
Also makes 11 other plugins · 4.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Drop widgets in page or post content area. Widgetized pages. Build your custom Responsive page layout in no time. No coding, easy and fun!
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Health
F 39/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
2K+
≈3K estimated
Momentum
-2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “custom sidebar”, “sidebar” and “widgets” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
39 health vs 58 average across 25,754 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 262.2K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1639 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20; the current branch is 6.8
4.2★ over 32 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1639 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| widgetize page your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| custom sidebar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sidebar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widgets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widgets in page your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “custom sidebar”, “sidebar” and “widgets” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 658 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
4.5y ago
latest release · v3.0 · 7 May 2022
30
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 65% 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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band yesterday and the previous band took 18 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 3K.
Install history since 3 Oct 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ newbiesite6.1y ago
Looks like the plugin developer has abandoned it as the incompatibility hasn’t been addressed for many weeks. This means that users have to avoid ANY plugins created by OTWthemes
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dagmar6.2y ago
Doesn’t work propperly with PHP 7.4 and PHP7.3. Plugin author doesn’t answer questions, his last response to suppoprt questions is more than three years ago – seems kind of abonned 🙁 This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by Dagmar.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dmpub8.1y ago
Promising software, but has fatal bugs and looking at the error messages it seems like there are some simple typos in some of their variable name calls. Unfortunately, the free version of the software is unsupported, so I’ve no choice other than to uninstall and choose another similar product.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ humananimal8.3y ago
I have used this for a few years now… Super helpful! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Shahid Malik8.6y ago
This plugin worked like a charm for me.. thank you dvelopers
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Joe9.6y ago
Well, what a THIEF. Below this is my original review of this plugin. I just found another widget plugin named “Widgets on Pages” by toddhalfpenny. It seemed very familiar, the interface looks exactly the same, the options, the way it worked. It even had the same bug of leaving the sidebar behind after being uninstalled. I compared it to this plugin, and this one was made 3 months after the other one was. This one is being SOLD by otwthemes-dot-com. It is called “Sidebar & Widget Manager for WordPress” and cost $23. I do not approve of this behavior. My original rating was 5 stars, it is now 1 star. ORIGINAL – I was really surprised to see the plugin actually works. It does exactly what I was hoping it would do, put a widget where a post would usually be. I just uninstalled the plugin and noticed it left behind the sidebar I created with it. I wish I could delete it, but no big problem really. – ORIGINAL This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by Joe. This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by Joe. This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by Joe. Reason: Reading the review will explain the reason This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by Joe.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ iammichelewells10.5y ago
This is an excellent plugin and it solved a number of problems for my website.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kalle188710.8y ago
Good work!!Well done!!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 3.0 Updated: Apply Default requests values Fixed: Dynamic shortcode fields 3.0
- — Version 2.9 Fixed: Check for registered block editors Updated: Core components 2.9
- — Version 2.8 Updated: OTW shortcode dialog loading improvements Updated: Latest version of shortcode and factory component Fixed: Help message formating 2.8
- — Version 2.7 Updated: Use strict mode for javascript Updated: Escape html attributes Updated: Use WP filesystem for file operations Fixed: Detect whether api call is from admin or frontend 2.7
- — Version 2.6 Fixed: remove lang pack since it requires en by default 2.6
- — Version 2.5 Updated: latest version of OTW factory Fixed: error mode modification 2.5
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence4 open vulnerabilities affect the current version (3.0). 0 of 4 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 4.4 Widgetize Pages Light <= 3.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-09-05 CVE-2025-58805 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.0 No patch available
- Open Medium · 6.1 Widgetize Pages Light <= 3.0 & Widgets as Shortcodes <= 5.9.10 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-04-07 CVE-2025-32117 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.0 No patch available
- 2025-01-06 CVE-2025-22313 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.0 No patch available
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 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 70 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 46 more locales with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Drop widgets in page or post content area. Widgetized pages. Build your custom Responsive page layout in no..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,790 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-31 3K+ → 2K+ down after 548 days in tier
- 2025-05-01 4K+ → 3K+ down after 357 days in tier
- 2024-05-09 5K+ → 4K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-05-07 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-05-06 5K+ → 4K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-05-03 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-05-02 5K+ → 4K+ down after 270 days in tier
- 2023-08-06 6K+ → 5K+ down after 243 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).
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Widgets on Pages 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags C -
Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Lightweight Sidebar Manager 80K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
SMK Sidebar Generator 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - D Disable Author Pages 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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Feature A Page Widget 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D
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