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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

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If you are looking for a plugin that help you to create unlimited sidebars for pages/posts/taxonomies… without coding skills, WP Custom Sidebars is what you’re looking for!.
Easily overriding sidebar positions on your site, no integration needed. Works with any WordPress theme.
Features:
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<li>Override any sidebars on your site.</li>
<li>Support Post types, Category, Tags or Custom Taxonomies.</li>
<li>Adding as many sidebars as you want.</li>
<li>Transferable/Importable sidebar data.</li>
<li>Translation ready with mo/po files.</li>
</ul>
Note that if you are using other custom sidebar plugins, you should disable them so WP Custom Sidebars won’t be confused on overriding sidebars 😀
How to use WP Custom Sidebars?
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<li>Step 1: Select post types you want to support custom sidebars in Appearance -> Sidebars -> General Settings tab.</li>
<li>Step 2: Create as many sidebars as you want. Then go to Appearance -> Widgets and add widgets to your sidebar you’ve just created.</li>
<li>Step 3: Go edit page/post or category/tag/custom taxonomies, then look for WP Custom Sidebars setting box, and overriding sidebars.</li>
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That’s it!
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WP Custom Sidebars

Create unlimited sidebars for pages/posts easily without writing a single line of code!

Arbitrary Sidebars vs WP Custom Sidebars