Widgets on Pages
The easiest and highest rated way to Add Widgets or Sidebars to Posts and Pages using Visual editor, shortcodes or template tags.
4.7(161 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Widgets on Pages is a WordPress pages plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 161 reviews. It has been downloaded 670K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 31% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: WP-PageNavi.
4.7/5161 reviews
20K+active installs
0%resolved
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
The easiest, and highest rated way to Add Widgets to Posts and/or Pages. Create unlimited dynamic sidebars (widget areas) and insert these into a WordPress post or page.
Create as many widget areas (Turbo Sidebars) from the settings menu, and these can be used multiple times.
Each sidebar can be called independently by a shortcode, and you can call more than one per post/page.
Sidebars can be included in the post/page by using a shortcode like the following, where x is the name of the sidebar.
[widgets_on_pages id=x]
With the PRO version the widgets can be inserted simply with clicks-not-code using a wizard in the visual editor. This version also includes layout options to easily set the widgets in columns/grid presentation.
Pro version also supports the configurable option to automatic…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Works Great!
by Karmi·7 months ago
Just what I needed … easy and stable.
Good Stuff
by eatnails·12 months ago
I wasn’t sure if this is what I needed. Talking to support, they made sure to understand my issue, and what I was trying to accomplish. You don’t get that level of help anywhere these days. Very much appreciated.
Easily Add Widgets to PAGES
by pnutb·1 year ago
So, this is a great light-weight plugin if you want to add a Widget with [shortcode] to a Page. I don’t know why WordPress or themes only allow a Widget in a Post or Sidebar. Kinda silly.
But this thing works great! Easily add a Widget now to any Page. pretty cool x
Widgets on Pages – 5 Stars
by Jimmy Lee·1 year ago
Widgets on Pages is a really nice plugin, thanks!
Not PHP 8+ ready
by Terry J·2 years ago
Working but not ready for PHP 8. Server updated to 8.2 and now got errors. Seems only way to get newer version is pay for the pro version. Not playing that game 🙂
Download Trends
Today: 58Yesterday: 58This week: 241Period total: 16K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 6.7.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.9
60.4%
Other
12.1%
v1.4
10.9%
v1.8
8.8%
v0.0
7.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.9
- Dep bump – Freemius SDK update to 2.9.0
- Fixed issue with deprecated calls for showing contextual help
- Tested up to 6.7.0
Contributors
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