Manage one widget area at a time to maintain widget sanity.
As of April 2026, Sane Widget Sidebar Management is a WordPress admin plugin with 10 active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loginizer.
If you have ever needed to accommodate a client’s request to have separate widget areas for many sections of the site, you understand the need for this plugin.
This plugin alleviates the pain of having many sidebar widget areas by hiding all but one (that is selectable via a dropdown). Gone are the days of trying to drag a new widget from the left column to a widget area at the bottom of the right column (ugh!).
There is no configuration for this plugin.
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| WordPress | 3.3+ requiredTested up to 3.6.1 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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