WordPress plugin comparison

Simple Page Specific Sidebars vs Lightweight Sidebar Manager

Simple Page Specific Sidebars

by ivycat

90+ installs4.3

Lightweight Sidebar Manager

by Brainstorm Force

70K+ installs4.2

At a glance

Lightweight Sidebar Manager has more active installs: 70K+, against 90+ for Simple Page Specific Sidebars.
On a typical day, Lightweight Sidebar Manager is downloaded about 107 times, Simple Page Specific Sidebars about 2.
Simple Page Specific Sidebars is rated higher: 4.3 out of 5 from 4 reviews, against 4.2 from 21 reviews.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager was updated more recently: Aug 24, 2026, against Nov 13, 2012 for Simple Page Specific Sidebars.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.4.2 for Simple Page Specific Sidebars.
Simple Page Specific Sidebars has been around longer: since 2011, against 2017 for Lightweight Sidebar Manager.

Lightweight Sidebar Manager leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Simple Page Specific Sidebars	Lightweight Sidebar Manager
Popular rank	#16,946	#547
Active installs	90+	70K+
Downloads, last 30 days	36	3K
Rating	4.3(4)	4.2(21)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	3.4.2	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.01
Last release	14 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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