WordPress plugin comparison

Lightweight Sidebar Manager vs Simple Page Sidebars

Lightweight Sidebar Manager

by Brainstorm Force

70K+ installs4.2

Simple Page Sidebars

by Cedaro

20K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Lightweight Sidebar Manager has more active installs: 70K+, against 20K+ for Simple Page Sidebars.
On a typical day, Lightweight Sidebar Manager is downloaded about 102 times, Simple Page Sidebars about 34.
Simple Page Sidebars is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 54 reviews, against 4.2 from 21 reviews.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager was updated more recently: Aug 24, 2026, against Feb 23, 2025 for Simple Page Sidebars.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.7.11 for Simple Page Sidebars.
Simple Page Sidebars has been around longer: since 2011, against 2017 for Lightweight Sidebar Manager.

Lightweight Sidebar Manager leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Lightweight Sidebar Manager	Simple Page Sidebars
Popular rank	#547	#1,392
Active installs	70K+	20K+
Downloads, last 30 days	3.1K	766
Rating	4.2(21)	4.9(54)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.7.11
Search multiplier	×1.01	×0.27
Last release	2 months ago	1 year ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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