Is Duplicate Widget free?

Yes, Duplicate Widget is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Duplicate Widget?

Duplicate Widget has 1.0K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Duplicate Widget alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Duplicate Widget include Widgets for Google Reviews, Blocksy Companion, Widget Importer & Exporter. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Duplicate Widget work with the latest WordPress?

Duplicate Widget has been tested up to WordPress 3.4.2. It requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP false+.

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Duplicate Widget

Name: Duplicate Widget
Rating: 4.3 (12 reviews)
Author: Scott Reilly

A widget that can act as a duplicate of another widget (for synchronized use in another sidebar)

By Scott Reilly·Widget·Free

4.3(12 reviews)

·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years ago

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As of April 2026, Duplicate Widget is a WordPress widget plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 12 reviews. It has been downloaded 28K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 21% this week. Top alternative: Widgets for Google Reviews.

4.3/512 reviews

1.0K+active installs

28K+total downloads

15 yearssince 2011

Overview

A widget that can act as a duplicate of another widget (for synchronized use in another sidebar)

Define a widget once, use it in multiple sidebars. This saves you from having to manually configure each copy of the widget and later having to worry about keeping them in sync should you ever need to make any changes. Particularly useful for those who define logic in their themes to conditionally include different versions of a sidebar depending on what template is being shown. Depending on use, it is an alternative to plugins that introduce in-widget logic to determine when widgets should be visible (Widget Logic, Section Widget, Conditional Widgets, etc).

Quick overview of what this plugin does:

Adds a widget called “Duplicate”. The widget’s only setting is a dropdown l…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

So simple but so Awesome

by seiferflo·11 years ago

It took me a bit of time before I ask myself, did someone create a plugin for that? Thank god you did it. thanks a lot.
It works with wordpress 4.0 but just by safety it would be nice if you could update it. Cheers

Ps: WordPress should incluse this by default.

No longer works

by DavidFraiser·12 years ago·1 reply

Not only does this plugin no longer work in current WP versions, the author’s site, coffee2code.com, has been down for the past 5 months.

Fantastic plugin

by chrisrouse·12 years ago

I’ve been using this plugin for a while now on some client sites and finally installed it on my own site. The width of the dropdown menu needs to be constrained, but it works and does exactly what it says it does.

yay.

by fischi·12 years ago

this is just perfect.

Real time saver

by lgmtl·12 years ago

Thanks for the great pluggin. I’m using this for a multi-lingual site 6 languages and with the widget logic plugin works great and saves lots of time having to only update one instance of a widget. Highly recommended.