Side Content
Side Content enables you to create widgets which have different content on different pages.
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·10 active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, Side Content is a WordPress page plugin with 10 active installations and a 2/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 18K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Post Type Switcher.
2/51 reviews
10active installs
18K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
This plugin provides similar functionality to the Drupal Side Content module.
It enables you to define a set of widgets which are effectively placeholders. Each one is empty until you assign content
to it when editing a page.
This enables you to extend the content of the page into the sidebar.
Suppose, for example, you have a set of pages about people in your company. You could use a side content
widget to add a biography for each of them, or a photo, or to list their favourite pizza toppings.
You can use the plugin without any template changes at all, but it does provide a simple API so you can test for the presence of side content widgets and adjust your templates accordingly.
As of release 0.7 of the plugin, it supports the WP shortcode API. There is also an extra add-on plugin which p…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.5+ requiredTested up to 4.1.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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