Is Organic Widget Area Block free?

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

How many websites use Organic Widget Area Block?

Organic Widget Area Block has 900 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Organic Widget Area Block alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Organic Widget Area Block include Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website…, Breadcrumb NavXT, PDF Embedder. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Organic Widget Area Block work with the latest WordPress?

Organic Widget Area Block has been tested up to WordPress 5.7.15. It requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP false+.

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Organic Widget Area Block

Name: Organic Widget Area Block
Rating: 3.7 (6 reviews)
Author: Organic Themes

The Widget Area Block allows for multiple custom Widget Areas to be created on any page or post using the Gutenberg block editor.

By Organic Themes·Block·Free

3.7(6 reviews)

·900 active installs·Updated 4 years ago

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As of April 2026, Organic Widget Area Block is a WordPress block plugin with 900 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 40K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 19% this week. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….

3.7/56 reviews

900active installs

40K+total downloads

7 yearssince 2019

Overview

The Widget Area Block allows for multiple custom Widget Areas to be created on any page or post using the Gutenberg block editor. As a result, traditional widgets can be used along side blocks within your content. The plugin can be used to create new sidebars within layout blocks, or add widgets directly within your content.

There are many useful widgets that cannot be used with the WordPress 5 block editor. This custom block is designed to remedy that problem.

Simply add the Widget Area Block anywhere within your content. Then, name your custom Widget Area. Then, click the Customizer View button to add widgets to that section within the WordPress Customizer.

This block work perfectly with the Organic Builder Widgets Pro builder plugin. So, widgets and blocks can be used side-by-side to c…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

Works great but crashes on PHP 8.0

by scopie·3 years ago

This plug-in was so helpful when everyone was trying to catch up to Gutenberg, but now it crashes the website when I update to PHP 8.0.

So sad…

Advertising wont go away

by completegraphics·4 years ago

Great plugin except the advertising will not dismiss.

Ugly advertising

by Joona Nuutinen·5 years ago

An advertisement will be constantly visible in your backend, if you install this plugin:

“Upgrade The Widget Area Block and receive 11 Additional Premium Blocks for the Gutenberg editor!

Get Blocks Bundle”

Closing this message will not make it go away.

Otherwise the plugin seems to work, but I’m not willing to clutter my backend with yet another pointless notification.

Why isn’t this part of Gutenberg already?

by jmurphree·5 years ago

I’d just assumed this functionality was built-in to the new default editor… NOPE.

This plugin does EXACTLY what you want it to do, perfectly!

Just works great!

by Marcy·5 years ago

This is an awesome plugin; it does one thing and does it super well.
You can add a widget area that was created by the theme or create a new widget area and add it to a block. Once the widget area is added, you can click it open to add the widget and adjust the widget settings. Really easy to add any widget you like to a block!