chrisguitarguy

Arbitrary Sidebars allows you to add widget areas via an page in the WordPress admin area. What you do with those sidebars on the front end is up to you and your theme.
This plugin requires PHP 5.3+. Please check your server configuration before installing.
Some use case ideas:
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<li>The end user wants to associate sidebars with individual posts and pages. This plugin ould provide half that functionality: easily creating widget areas.</li>
<li>You need reusable content blocks and want to take advantage of the widget system.</li>
</ul>

Arbitrary Sidebars

Automattic

WooThemes

Matt Cohen

With WooSidebars, it’s possible to change the widgets that display in a sidebar (widgetized area) according to a context (for example, a specific page, a specific blog post, certain categories or the search results screen). Setting up a custom widget area to display across multiple conditions is as easy as a few clicks.
Looking for a helping hand? <a href="https://woocommerce.com/documentation/plugins/woosidebars/" rel="nofollow ugc">View plugin documentation</a>.
Looking to contribute code to this plugin? <a href="https://github.com/woocommerce/woosidebars/" rel="nofollow ugc">Fork the repository over at GitHub</a>. Please also read the CONTRIBUTING.md file, bundled within this plugin.

WooSidebars

WooSidebars adds functionality to display different widgets in a sidebar, according to a context (for example, a specific page or a category).

Arbitrary Sidebars vs WooSidebars