Add a sidebar to any specific page by creating a widget area on demand.
As of April 2026, Simple Page Specific Sidebars is a WordPress page plugin with 100 active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 15K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Post Type Switcher.
Page Specific Sidebars adds a checkbox to every page allowing you to choose which pages should have a unique sidebar.
Once you enable a page-specific sidebar in the page editor, a widget area will automatically be created for that page and you can customize it as you like.
You can also specify whether the plugin replaces your generic sidebar with the page-specific sidebar, or simply adds your page-specific sidebar on to the existing sidebar.
Plugin has no built-in styling does not contain native styles; it’s meant to use the styles of your existing theme.
This is a minimal plugin, placing function over form. If you would like to extend it, or would like us to extend it in later versions, feel free to contact us, or post feedback in this plugin’s support forum.
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| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.4.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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