This plugin will equalize the columns (content and sidebar) in your theme to ensure that they are of equal lengths. I've ported this js utility t …
As of April 2026, WP Equal Columns is a WordPress equal plugin with 10 active installations and a 1/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 16 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Equal Height Columns.
Its very simple, but its saved me quite a bit of time when developing new themes. Basically this plugin will equalize the columns in your theme to ensure that they are of equal lengths.
NOTE: Your theme must use the following column names: “rightnav”,”bodycontent”,”leftnav”,”sidebar”,”sidebar1?,”sidebar2?,”content”.
You can modify the equalcolumns.js Line 2 to contain any column definitions you may have for your theme
All the information (general, changelog, installation, upgrade, usage) you need about this plugin can be found here: WP-Equal-columns Readme.
NOTE: I did not write the js script. I would give credit to whoever wrote it, but it doesn’t contain any author information. If you wrote this js, then c…
| WordPress | 2.7+ requiredTested up to false |
| PHP | false+ required |
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