WordPress plugin comparison

Content Manager Light vs Lightweight Sidebar Manager

Content Manager Light

by OTWthemes

80+ installs5.0

Lightweight Sidebar Manager

by Brainstorm Force

70K+ installs4.2

At a glance

Lightweight Sidebar Manager has more active installs: 70K+, against 80+ for Content Manager Light.
On a typical day, Lightweight Sidebar Manager is downloaded about 102 times, Content Manager Light about 3.
Content Manager Light is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 4 reviews, against 4.2 from 21 reviews.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager was updated more recently: Aug 24, 2026, against May 7, 2022 for Content Manager Light.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.9.20 for Content Manager Light.
Content Manager Light has been around longer: since 2014, against 2017 for Lightweight Sidebar Manager.

Lightweight Sidebar Manager leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Content Manager Light	Lightweight Sidebar Manager
Popular rank	#17,926	#547
Active installs	80+	70K+
Downloads, last 30 days	52	3.1K
Rating	5.0(4)	4.2(21)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	5.9.20	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.01	×1.01
Last release	4 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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