A Widget toolbox that adds visibility management and helps to control where widgets, sidebars and content are shown efficiently.
As of April 2026, Widgets Control is a WordPress theme plugin with 800 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 15 reviews. It has been downloaded 29K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.5+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Top alternative: Kirki Customizer Framework.
Widgets Control is a toolbox that features visibility management for all widgets, sidebars, sections of content and content blocks.
It allows to show widgets and sidebars based on conditions – you can choose to show them only on certain pages or exclude them from being displayed.
Sections of content can also be restricted by using this plugin’s [widgets_control] shortcode.
You can also define new WYSIWYG Content Blocks that can be used in widgets, sidebars and with shortcodes.
For each widget and sidebar, you can decide where it should be displayed:
… you can target small, medium or large screens for mobile, tablet and desktop users.
To include or exclude pages, the plugin allows you to indicat…
| WordPress | 6.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
See the full changelog for details.
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