Allows you to create custom sidebars. Replace sidebars for specific posts and pages.
As of April 2026, Custom Sidebars by ProteusThemes is a WordPress custom plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 21K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 17% this week. Top alternative: White Label CMS.
Replace the theme default sidebars with your newly created sidebars.
This plugin was forked from the Custom Sidebars plugin, which we used for a few years, but their plugin development stalled, so we were forced to create this plugin. We really appreciate the work of developers of the original plugin!
This plugin allows you to create your own custom sidebars, configure them by adding widgets, and replace the default sidebars on posts or pages you want in just few clicks.
Here is the tl;dr list of the differences from original source:
| WordPress | 5.2+ requiredTested up to 6.0.11 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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