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Best sidebar plugins for WordPress

The most popular sidebar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Image Widget (100K+) and Custom Sidebars (100K+). All 606 plugins tagged “sidebar” 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 10 sidebar plugins

  1. 1.
    Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

    The most installed sidebar plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 215 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.

  2. 2.
    Image Widget

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 287 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  3. 3.
    Custom Sidebars

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 1,028 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  4. 4.
    Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

    70K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 262 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.

  5. 5.
    Content Aware Sidebars

    30K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 724 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  6. 6.
    Ocean Custom Sidebar

    20K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  7. 7.
    Widgets on Pages

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 161 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.0.

  8. 8.
    Meks Simple Flickr Widget

    10K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.

  9. 9.
    Simple Image Widget

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 39 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  10. 10.
    SMK Sidebar Generator

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 5 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

All 606 plugins tagged “sidebar”