WordPress plugin comparison

Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar vs Custom Sidebars

Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar

by webman technologies

10+ installs5.0

Custom Sidebars

by WebFactory

100K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Custom Sidebars has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar.
On a typical day, Custom Sidebars is downloaded about 230 times, Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar about 1.
Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.7 from 1,028 reviews.
Custom Sidebars was updated more recently: Aug 16, 2026, against Apr 24, 2018 for Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar.
Custom Sidebars is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.9.35 for Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar.
Custom Sidebars has been around longer: since 2010, against 2018 for Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar.

Custom Sidebars leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar	Custom Sidebars
Popular rank	#28,976	#449
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	26	6.3K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.7(1K)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	4.9.35	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.31
Last release	8 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	5.2.4	5.6

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