WordPress plugin comparison

Lightweight Sidebar Manager vs Tiny Widget Manager

Lightweight Sidebar Manager

by Brainstorm Force

70K+ installs4.2

Tiny Widget Manager

by wpolstudio

Fewer than 10 installs5.0

At a glance

Lightweight Sidebar Manager has more active installs: 70K+, against fewer than 10 for Tiny Widget Manager.
On a typical day, Lightweight Sidebar Manager is downloaded about 107 times, Tiny Widget Manager about 1.
Tiny Widget Manager is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.2 from 21 reviews.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager was updated more recently: Aug 24, 2026, against Aug 8, 2025 for Tiny Widget Manager.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.8.12 for Tiny Widget Manager.
Lightweight Sidebar Manager has been around longer: since 2017, against 2025 for Tiny Widget Manager.

Lightweight Sidebar Manager leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Lightweight Sidebar Manager	Tiny Widget Manager
Popular rank	#548	#72,591
Active installs	70K+	Fewer than 10
Downloads, last 30 days	3.1K	30
Rating	4.2(21)	5.0(1)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.8.12
Search multiplier	×1.01	×0.03
Last release	2 months ago	1 year ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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