WordPress plugin comparison
Ad Rotator vs Content Aware Sidebars
Ad Rotator
by Dmytro Shteflyuk
100+ installs5.0
Content Aware Sidebars
by Joachim Jensen
30K+ installs4.9
At a glance
- Content Aware Sidebars has more active installs: 30K+, against 100+ for Ad Rotator.
- On a typical day, Content Aware Sidebars is downloaded about 330 times, Ad Rotator about 4.
- Ad Rotator 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 Jul 30, 2009 for Ad Rotator.
- Content Aware Sidebars is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 2.8.2 for Ad Rotator.
- Ad Rotator has been around longer: since 2009, against 2011 for Content Aware Sidebars.
Line by line
Content Aware Sidebars leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric | Ad Rotator | Content Aware Sidebars |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #13,783 | #999 |
| Active installs | 100+ | 30K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 83 | 21.4K |
| Rating | 5.0(1) | 4.9(724) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 0% |
| Tested up to | 2.8.2 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×0.99 |
| Last release | 17 years ago | 18 days ago |
| Requires PHP | – | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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