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Widget Context

Show and hide widgets on specific posts, pages and sections of your site.

By Kaspars·Logic·Free
4.5(96 reviews)
·40K+ active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, Widget Context is a WordPress logic plugin with 40K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 96 reviews. It has been downloaded 967K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Dynamic Widgets.

4.5/596 reviews
40K+active installs
967K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009

Overview

Use Widget Context to show and hide widgets on certain sections of your site — front page, posts, pages, archives, search, etc. Use targeting by URLs (with wildcard support) for maximum flexibility.

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Documentation

Widget visibility can be configured under individual widget settings under “Appearance → Widgets” in your WordPress administration area or through the widget editing interface in the Customizer.

Target b…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.596 reviews
5 ★
79
4 ★
6
3 ★
2
2 ★
1
1 ★
8

Recent Reviews

Not Working Anymore, Not Supported
by 1badrose·1 year ago·1 reply

It was an awesome plugin, too bad it isn’t working anymore and you get no support.

A MUST for every installation of WordPress
by dimal·4 years ago

This is a great plugin, works as expected and you can’t be without it.

I would give a ten star if i could.

Thank you for the plugin.

Easy to use
by maxxtrosweden·4 years ago

Does what is says. Very good.

Excellent but Not Playing Well With the New Gutenberg Widget
by JomJalan·4 years ago

This is an excellent plugin for controlling where your widget appears.

Unfortunately it does not work well with the new Gutenberg Widget. For example, when you select the option for Show Wwidget on Selected, it no longer open a text field to insert your url.

I hope Kaspars release an update soon.

it does the job but
by tbaikamine·4 years ago

it works. that’s the important thing
however it’s a bit complicated to deal with
I wanted to simply include a widget in specific pages
but there is no such option
you can only decide based on the post type.
it’s surprising that selection based on page “slug” is not an option ! when it should be the most basic thing to use.

Download Trends

Today: 58Yesterday: 77This week: 434Period total: 30K

Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5
PHP5.6+ required

Version Adoption

v1.3
91.3%
Other
8.7%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.3.3 (August 31, 2024)

  • Mark as tested with WordPress 6.6 and PHP 8.2, see #72.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

KasparsKasparsJames CollinsJames Collins
Plugin Info
Version
1.3.3
Last Updated
Aug 31, 2024
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
6.6.5
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
40K+
Downloads
967K+
Added
Jul 16, 2009
Business
Free

Tags

logicwidgetcontextwidgetswidget context

Developer

K
Kaspars
5 plugins0.1M+ total installs
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