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Best custom widget areas plugins for WordPress

The most popular custom widget areas plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Lightweight Sidebar Manager leads with 70K+ active installs. All 1 plugins tagged “custom widget areas” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 1 custom widget areas plugins

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    Lightweight Sidebar Manager

    The most installed custom widget areas plugin, with 70K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 21 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

All 1 plugins tagged “custom widget areas”