Genesis Simple Sidebars
This plugin allows you to create multiple, dynamic widget areas, and assign those widget areas to sidebar locations within the Genesis Framework on a …
4.4(27 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 4 months agoAs of April 2026, Genesis Simple Sidebars is a WordPress hooks plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 27 reviews. It has been downloaded 475K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Downloads are down 11% this week. Top alternative: Genesis Simple Hooks.
4.4/527 reviews
10K+active installs
475K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
This plugin allows you to create multiple, dynamic widget areas, and assign those widget areas to sidebar locations within the Genesis Framework on a per post, per page, or per tag/category archive basis.
Creating widget areas programmatically, then using conditional logic to properly assign them to sidebar locations can be a complex task for a beginner. This plugin allows you to do all this from a simple administration menu, and assign widget areas to sidebar locations with simple drop-down menus within the post/page edit screens, or when editing a tag or category.
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Works as Stated
by Britlish·6 years ago
On a Genesis site, Britlish.com, the plugin works exactly as described right out of the box.
Great, clean functionality
by biberkopf·6 years ago
… but it seems to only support child pages in one layer (1. generation). Sub-sub-pages are not supported when “child pages” are clicked.
Doesn’t Work
by davidkonicek·6 years ago·1 reply
You can create a sidebar, but it won’t get added to the page.
Doesn’t work, effectively no support
by mafreprezent·6 years ago
Really wish I could give a better review. After a lot of testing for plugin conflicts, this simply does not do anything.
No matter what I tried, I could make the sidebars but they would never show up on the page. I’d select the new sidebar, add some widgets to it just in case, but only my original “Primary Sidebar” would show up. When I go into Customize, it only shows and lets me edit the primary sidebar. Tested on multiple pages.
I provided screen shots and as much as I could in the support area and am not making this review until after I waited for a month with very little reply from support until things just went cold. It’s been a week since my last poke on the post.
I understand it seems to work for a lot of people, just not us.
Doesn’t Work
by hello7there·7 years ago·1 reply
Common StudioPress! What’s gong on here? Your company is highly successful. I expected more! Show some professionalism.
Download Trends
Today: 21Yesterday: 41This week: 167Period total: 8K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7.3+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.2
88.9%
v2.0
6.1%
Other
5.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.2.3
- Prevent a PHP fatal error under PHP 8.x if incomplete sidebar data exists.
- Fix a PHP deprecation warning under PHP 8.x.
- Fix Genesis download link in admin notice if a Genesis child theme is not active.
Contributors
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