User Role Widget Areas
Description
3.7(3 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, User Role Widget Areas is a WordPress role plugin with 20 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: User Role Editor.
3.7/53 reviews
20active installs
4.8K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Description
This plugin allows you to selectively display content in your themes active widget areas based on the user roles (Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor or Subscriber) of logged in users. It also comes with two user status based widget areas for displaying content to all logged in users or all logged out users. All user role and status based widget areas can be displayed in any existing sidebar or widget area within your theme.
Plugin Features
- 5 User role based widget areas, one for each of the standard WordPress user roles.
- 2 User status based widget areas, one for logged in users and one for logged out users.
- 2 Widgets for displaying your new widget areas on the front end (public site).
- Additional shortcodes for displaying your user role and user status based widget are…
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Ratings & Reviews
3.73 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.9+ requiredTested up to 4.3.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.4
- Minor updates to documentation
- Minor updates to screenshots
Contributors
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