SMK Sidebar Generator
Create unlimited custom sidebars and widget areas. Display different sidebars on specific pages, posts, or custom post types with conditional logic.
4.4(5 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, SMK Sidebar Generator is a WordPress widget plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 404K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 11% this week. Top alternative: Widgets for Google Reviews.
4.4/55 reviews
10K+active installs
404K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
SMK Sidebar Generator is a powerful yet easy-to-use WordPress plugin that lets you create unlimited custom sidebars and conditionally display them anywhere on your website – without writing a single line of code.
Whether you need different sidebars for your blog, shop, landing pages, or specific posts, this plugin gives you complete control over your widget areas.
Why Choose SMK Sidebar Generator?
- 100% Free – All features included, no premium version upsells
- No Coding Required – Create and manage sidebars entirely from the WordPress admin
- Lightweight – Clean code that won’t slow down your site
- Works With Any Theme – Sidebars automatically inherit your theme’s styling
- Actively Maintained – Regular updates and WordPress compatibility
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Clashing with plugins
by adrianawebb·5 years ago
The plugin is great, but i can’t install other plugins for subscription forms or newsletters. Your plugin stops working properly when I install other plugins.
Superb!
by Roman Perevala·9 years ago·1 reply
Thank you for such a great plugin! The best I’ve used! Keep it up!
long expected update
by Smat Placid·11 years ago
Yeah man, you did it. Thank you so much for this update.
I work since this plugin came up – ONLY with that one.
Why? Simple: it works like a charme.
Head up, keep rockin’
Great Plugin
by pinkhare·11 years ago
So nice and very great!
I’m going to include this plugin into my premium theme. And importation & exportation features for generated sidebars are also very good.
Works Perfect
by pseudonymus·12 years ago
It does what it says: generates sidebars and lets you use them however you want inside themes! Great work!
Download Trends
Today: 50Yesterday: 60This week: 343Period total: 10K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.3+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.5
29.9%
v3.6
22.4%
v3.1
20.0%
v3.4
13.6%
v3.3
8.3%
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Changelog
3.6.0
- Fixed: Shortcode now properly returns content instead of echoing
- Security: Added proper escaping to prevent XSS vulnerabilities
- Fixed: Undefined variable warning in HTML class helper
- Fixed: Removed deprecated extract() function from shortcode
- Compatibility: Tested with WordPress 6.9.1
…and 9 more changes
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