WordPress plugin comparison

CG Dynamic Sidebar vs Lightweight Sidebar Manager

CG Dynamic Sidebar

by Chandan Garg

100+ installs5.0

Lightweight Sidebar Manager

by Brainstorm Force

70K+ installs4.2

At a glance

Lightweight Sidebar Manager has more active installs: 70K+, against 100+ for CG Dynamic Sidebar.
On a typical day, Lightweight Sidebar Manager is downloaded about 102 times, CG Dynamic Sidebar about 4.
CG Dynamic Sidebar is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.2 from 21 reviews.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager was updated more recently: Aug 24, 2026, against Mar 11, 2019 for CG Dynamic Sidebar.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.1.28 for CG Dynamic Sidebar.
CG Dynamic Sidebar has been around longer: since 2016, against 2017 for Lightweight Sidebar Manager.

Lightweight Sidebar Manager leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	CG Dynamic Sidebar	Lightweight Sidebar Manager
Popular rank	#15,918	#547
Active installs	100+	70K+
Downloads, last 30 days	84	3.1K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.2(21)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	5.1.28	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.01
Last release	7 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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