Is Virtual Sidebar free?

Yes, Virtual Sidebar is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Virtual Sidebar?

Virtual Sidebar has 10 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Virtual Sidebar alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Virtual Sidebar include Bring Back the Get Shortlink Button, Evermore, short.io. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Virtual Sidebar work with the latest WordPress?

Virtual Sidebar has been tested up to WordPress 3.5.2. It requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+.

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Virtual Sidebar

Name: Virtual Sidebar
Author: athenaofdelphi

The Virtual Sidebar plugin allows you to create 'virtual' sidebars that can have their content inserted into posts using shortcodes.

By athenaofdelphi·Short·Free

·10 active installs·Updated 13 years ago

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As of April 2026, Virtual Sidebar is a WordPress short plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Bring Back the Get Shortlink Button.

0/5Rating

10active installs

2.9K+total downloads

16 yearssince 2010

Overview

Virtual Sidebar is a plugin by Christina Louise Warne (aka. AthenaOfDelphi). It is designed to allow users to include widgets in post content by way of ‘virtual’ sidebars. Each virtual sidebar can have widgets added to it using the widget manager and can then be included in a post using the short code [vs id=””].

For detailed information about this plugin and how it works, check out it’s wiki page at Athena’s Wiki.

License

Virtual Sidebar is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,…

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