Easy Custom Sidebars
This plugin allows you to replace any sidebar/widget area in your theme without writing a single line of code!
4.1(40 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 4 years agoAs of April 2026, Easy Custom Sidebars is a WordPress create sidebars plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.1/5 rating from 40 reviews. It has been downloaded 308K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 7.0.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 28% this week.
4.1/540 reviews
10K+active installs
308K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
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- Replace any sidebar in your theme.
- Replace multiple sidebars on the same page.
- Compatible with any theme and no coding is required.
The documentation for this plugin can be found here.
What does this plugin do?
- This plugin allows you to replace any sidebar/widget area in any WordPress theme (no coding required).
- You are able to replace multiple sidebars/widget areas on the same page.
- It allows you to manage your custom sidebar replacements in the WordPress Admin area.
- Allows you to apply the same sidebar replacement across all posts / all pages / all taxonomies / all cust…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Not compatible with WP 6.6
by kenjikato·1 year ago
This plugin was installed with the theme my client is using, and it caused the sites menus to become unresponsive. Disabling it solve my issues.
No longer works since wordpress 6.6 update
by flavponch·1 year ago
After 2 years of use on my site, the plugin no longer works since the WordPress 6.6 update…
I disable it…
- This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by flavponch.
Not supported anymore
by cherrycommunicatie·3 years ago
Developer has not answered questions or did any updates for about a year.
Does this still work?
by popmon·4 years ago·2 replies
Why do these plugins, that everyone finds so easy to use, never work for me
Try as a might, following the out of date video, and then the documentation, this plugin simply doesn’t work.
I created the sidebars, set up the Sidebar Replacements and it does nothing.
Such a shame, it looked like it was going to be a cool little plugin too
Great plugin!
by crold·5 years ago
Kudos to the plugin author. Mimics core perfectly and does exactly what I need it to do. Plus – no intrusive ads.
Download Trends
Today: 11Yesterday: 16This week: 73Period total: 5K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.8+ requiredTested up to 5.8.13 |
| PHP | 7.0.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.0
83.9%
v1.0
15.7%
v1.5
0.5%
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0.1 – Newline Character bugfix
- Remove unintentional newline character appearing in the widget output.
Contributors
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