WordPress plugin comparison

Multiple Sidebar Generator vs Lightweight Sidebar Manager

Multiple Sidebar Generator

by Deepak Sharma

90+ installs5.0

Lightweight Sidebar Manager

by Brainstorm Force

70K+ installs4.2

At a glance

Lightweight Sidebar Manager has more active installs: 70K+, against 90+ for Multiple Sidebar Generator.
On a typical day, Lightweight Sidebar Manager is downloaded about 107 times, Multiple Sidebar Generator about 3.
Multiple Sidebar Generator is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews, against 4.2 from 21 reviews.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager was updated more recently: Aug 24, 2026, against Mar 13, 2017 for Multiple Sidebar Generator.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.7.39 for Multiple Sidebar Generator.
Multiple Sidebar Generator has been around longer: since 2015, against 2017 for Lightweight Sidebar Manager.

Lightweight Sidebar Manager leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Multiple Sidebar Generator	Lightweight Sidebar Manager
Popular rank	#16,787	#548
Active installs	90+	70K+
Downloads, last 30 days	63	3.1K
Rating	5.0(3)	4.2(21)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	4.7.39	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.01
Last release	9 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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