Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars)
Add off-canvas sidebars (Slidebars) containing widgets, menus or other content using the Slidebars jQuery plugin.
4.8(38 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 months agoAs of April 2026, Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars) is a WordPress menus plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 38 reviews. It has been downloaded 35K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.1+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 21% this week. Top alternative: User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility.
4.8/538 reviews
1.0K+active installs
35K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
This plugin will add various options to implement off-canvas sidebars in your WordPress theme based on the Slidebars jQuery plugin.
Overview / Features
- Add off-canvas sidebars to the left, right, top and bottom of your website.
- Use sidebar areas (widget-ready areas), menu locations or custom hooks to place content into the off-canvas sidebars.
- You can add control buttons with a widget, menu item, shortcode or with custom code.
- Various customisation options and settings available in the Appearances menu.
- Extensive API for PHP and JS.
Compatibility (IMPORTANT!)
The structure of your theme is of great importance for this plugin. Please read the installation guide carefully!!
This plugin should work with most themes and plugins although I can’t be sure for all use-cases. Also note tha…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
WHAT A PLUGIN!
by xninedesign·3 months ago·1 reply
I FINALLY FOUND THE BEST SOLUTION FOR CREATING A OFF-CANVAS ELEMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
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by alamea·1 year ago
works well with Blocksy Theme. Thanks so much!
Great plugin
by dapojaja·2 years ago
Great plugin
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by Michał Czakon·2 years ago
Great plugin
Fantastic plugin!
by JQuinn·2 years ago
We had been struggling to get off-canvas functionality with other plugins, then we found Off-Canvas Sidebars and it worked PERFECTLY with all the options we needed built in. THANK YOU!!! The setup may take a minute for those not familiar with child themes and finding header/footer files, but once the setup is complete, the rest is pretty straight forward. And the developer does a great job explaining the initial setup. WELL DONE!!!
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Today: 6Yesterday: 6This week: 46Period total: 6K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.1+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 5.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.5
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.5.9
- Enhancement: Refactor settings import to use textarea input.
- Fix: Only trigger import/export tab handlers on init.
- Security: Proper import nonce validation.
Detailed info: PR on GitHub
Contributors
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