David

toscho

Defines sidebar areas in <code>wp_head</code>, <code>wp_footer</code>, <code>admin_head</code> and <code>admin_footer</code>. You may extend the list.
Additionally, the plugin creates a new widget, called Unfiltered Text. Very similar to the regular text widget, but it doesn’t insert any extra markup.
Send me your bug reports and suggestions via my <a href="http://toscho.de/kontakt/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact page</a> or per bugtracker at the <a href="https://github.com/toscho/WP-Magic-Widgets" rel="nofollow ugc">public repository at GitHub</a>.
<a href="http://toscho.de/2011/wordpress-plugin-magische-widgets/" rel="nofollow ugc">Beschreibung auf Deutsch</a>

Magic Widgets

Jonathan Daggerhart

As of version 2.3, Widget Wrangler requires PHP 5.3 or higher
Widget Wrangler is a plugin for WordPress that gives administrators a clean interface for managing widgets on a page by page basis. On each page, you can control what widgets appear where.
Widget Wrangler provides the following features:
<ul>
<li>Widgets as a post type</li>
<li>PHP in widgets</li>
<li>Custom Widget templates</li>
<li>Control Widget visibility on any page (or post type)</li>
<li>Control Widget visibility globally (Display Logic)</li>
<li>Alter WordPress Sidebar HTML</li>
<li>Shortcodes for Widgets</li>
<li>Compatible with almost any existing WordPress Widget</li>
<li>Hide Widget Titles</li>
<li>Automatic Theme Setup</li>
</ul>
<h4>Widget Wrangler Setup Screencast</h4>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW2NgtwUuHE

Widget Wrangler

I currently use this plugin on over 100 sites. I have been using Widget Wrangler since 2014 and have found it invaluable. I use it to display specific widgets in a custom order in the sidebar, footer area, and custom featured content areas. WW allows me to customize widgets on a per page basis and create a default list of widgets to display when creating a new post/page. It has tremendously reduced the amount of time it takes to change / edit widgets on a page without touching code. It's an awesome plugin!

-Steven

Great Plugin For Managing Widgets

A plugin for managing the display of widgets on a page by page basis. Using widgets as a post type.

Magic Widgets vs Widget Wrangler