Popping Sidebars and Widgets Light
Create custom popping layouts with sidebars and widgets in just a few clicks.
2.5(4 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 4 years agoAs of April 2026, Popping Sidebars and Widgets Light is a WordPress full bar plugin with 100 active installations and a 2.5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 19K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Popping Content Light.
2.5/54 reviews
100active installs
19K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
Easily create all different kinds of popups / overlays for your WordPress site and place sidebars and widgets in them.
How Popping Sidebars and Widgets works
- Create Sidebars – as many as you need
- Set up Your Overlay / Popup
- Create Layout and Insert Sidebars – just a few clicks with the OTW Grid Manager
Popup / Overlay types
- Full bars
- Side boxs
- Popups / Lightboxes
Unlimited Number of Sidebars
This plugin will allow you to create unlimited number of custom sidebars that you will be able to place in your overlays. Once a sidebar is created it will be available in Appearance -> Widgets section just like any other sidebar. Newly created sidebars can have vertical or horizontal widget alignment.
Custom Layouts – OTW Grid Manager
Creating custom layouts in your overlays…
Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
2.54 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.6+ requiredTested up to 5.9.13 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.27
- Fixed: Dynamic shortcode fields
- Fixed: Shortcode dialog button on live preview
- Updated: Core components
Contributors
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