WordPress plugin comparison

Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar vs Content Aware Sidebars

Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar

by webman technologies

10+ installs5.0

Content Aware Sidebars

by Joachim Jensen

30K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Content Aware Sidebars has more active installs: 30K+, against 10+ for Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar.
On a typical day, Content Aware Sidebars is downloaded about 356 times, Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar about 1.
Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.9 from 724 reviews.
Content Aware Sidebars was updated more recently: Oct 23, 2026, against Apr 24, 2018 for Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar.
Content Aware Sidebars is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.9.35 for Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar.
Content Aware Sidebars has been around longer: since 2011, against 2018 for Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar.

Content Aware Sidebars leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar	Content Aware Sidebars
Popular rank	#28,976	#999
Active installs	10+	30K+
Downloads, last 30 days	26	21.2K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.9(724)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	4.9.35	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.99
Last release	8 years ago	17 days ago
Requires PHP	5.2.4	7.4

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