WordPress plugin comparison

Custom Sidebars Manager vs Lightweight Sidebar Manager

Custom Sidebars Manager

by FRESHFACE

20+ installs3.0

Lightweight Sidebar Manager

by Brainstorm Force

70K+ installs4.2

At a glance

Lightweight Sidebar Manager has more active installs: 70K+, against 20+ for Custom Sidebars Manager.
On a typical day, Lightweight Sidebar Manager is downloaded about 102 times, Custom Sidebars Manager about 1.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager is rated higher: 4.2 out of 5 from 21 reviews, against 3.0 from 2 reviews.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager was updated more recently: Aug 24, 2026, against Sep 3, 2015 for Custom Sidebars Manager.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.3.34 for Custom Sidebars Manager.
Custom Sidebars Manager has been around longer: since 2015, against 2017 for Lightweight Sidebar Manager.

Lightweight Sidebar Manager leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Custom Sidebars Manager	Lightweight Sidebar Manager
Popular rank	#26,257	#547
Active installs	20+	70K+
Downloads, last 30 days	25	3.1K
Rating	3.0(2)	4.2(21)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	4.3.34	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.01
Last release	11 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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