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Sane Widget Sidebar Management

Manage one widget area at a time to maintain widget sanity.

By Justin Sternberg·Admin·Free
4.4(9 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 12 years ago
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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.

4.4/59 reviews
10active installs
4.7K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013

Overview

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.

Contribute on github.

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

4.49 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.3+ requiredTested up to 3.6.1
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.1

  • Use appropriate hooks (props kucrut), and update use of “sidebar” to “widget area” (props jakept)
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Justin SternbergJustin Sternbergwebdevstudioswebdevstudios
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.1
Last Updated
Aug 13, 2013
WP Requires
3.3+
Tested Up To
3.6.1
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
4.7K+
Added
Aug 4, 2013
Business
Free

Tags

adminwidgetsidebarwidgetssidebars

Developer

J
Justin Sternberg
8 plugins0.3M+ total installs
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