Mark Jaquith

<p>The <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/" rel="ugc">Jetpack</a> plugin by Automattic does something sneaky: it auto-activates new Jetpack modules. Instead of allowing you to opt in to new modules, Jetpack cheerfully activates them without your permission. These modules can change how your site works and looks.</p>
<p>Manual Control puts a stop to that unwanted behavior. It prevents auto-activation of new Jetpack modules.</p>
<p>Metal texture in the plugin header image by <a href="http://urbandirty.com/gallery/photo/2568483179-m" rel="nofollow ugc">Urban Dirty</a>.</p>


Manual Control for Jetpack

Jetpack auto-activates new modules, without asking your permission. This plugin stops that.

Kybernetik Services

WP Cool Tools

Martin Stehle

<p>Control the periodical visibility of each widget based on weekdays within a yearly time period easily.</p>
<p>The plugin is available in English, Spanish (Español) and German (Deutsch). It does not collect any personal data, so it is ready for EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance.</p>
<h4>Demo</h4>
<p>You want to test Periodical Widget Visibility before installing on your site? Try it out on <a href="https://playground.wordpress.net/?theme=twentytwentyone&plugin=periodical-widget-visibility&plugin=classic-widgets&url=/wp-admin/widgets.php" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress playground</a>.</p>
<h4>Compatibility with WordPress 5.8 block based widgets</h4>
<p>With WordPress 5.8 the block based widgets were introduced. The technique behind these new widget concept is more complex. One of the changes is, the widgets are now using API call to display.<br />
Extensive programming is required to prepare Periodical Widget Visibility for this new feature. Nothing I could do in the short time I was able to test this feature.<br />
Even so, Periodical Widget Visibility works with WordPress 5.8 and higher. The only adjustment you need to make is to turn off the block-based widgets for a while.<br />
As known from the Gutenberg block editor, there is also a plug-in to deactivate the block-based widgets.</p>
<p>Please download, install and activate <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-widgets/" rel="ugc">Classic Widgets</a> from wordpress.org and switch back to the usual widget area.</p>
<p>I’m working hard to make Periodical Widget Visibility compatible with the block based widgets. Both take some time to provide a stable and error-free code base.<br />
Stay tuned for a brand-new version. And thank you for your understanding.</p>
<h4>Show and hide widgets at desired days within a yearly time period repeatedly</h4>
<p>Do you want to show a widget every year on Christmas days, Eastern, or hide it on your summer holidays? This plugin enables you to control the visibility of a widget from your desired start day till the desired end day in the year and on the selected weekdays.</p>
<h4>Much more options available</h4>
<p>If you want to schedule the visibility based on the daytime of each weekday and more precisely defined repetitions <a href="https://www.kybernetik-services.com/shop/wordpress/plugin/periodical-widget-visibility-pro/?utm_source=wordpress_org&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=periodical-widget-visibility&utm_content=update-notice-readme" rel="nofollow ugc">go to the Pro version of the plugin</a>.</p>
<h4>Compatibility with Jetpack</h4>
<p>This plugin works perfectly with Jetpack’s “Widget Visibility” module. Both plugins enhance each other to give you great control about when and where to display which widget on your website.</p>
<h4>Languages</h4>
<p>The user interface is available in</p>
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>Spanish (Español)</li>
<li>German (Deutsch)</li>
</ul>
<h4>More options with the Pro version</h4>
<p>If you are looking for finer filters of the timed visibility take a look at the Pro version of this plugin. That version comes with all options of this plugin and contains additional options:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Visibility based on the time on each weekday</strong>: You can fine tune the daily visibility based on the time of the weekday, from a start time to an end time in the day.</li>
<li><strong>Visibility based on days in months</strong>: You can control the visibility of the widget based on every day of a month, from 1 to 31, and every month of a year. Since the months can have 28, 29, 30 or 31 days but you want to use the last day of any month there is an extra option ‘last day‘ which picks the last day of a month regardless of the length of a month.</li>
<li><strong>Visibility based on weekdays in months</strong>: The option ‘Weekdays of month‘ enables you to select every ordinal number, every day of a week, from Monday to Sunday, and every month of a year to control the visibility of the widget. If you want to pick the last weekday in every month take the option ‘last‘.</li>
<li>Premium Support – Pro users get premium support whilst free support is offered in the WordPress forums in our spare time</li>
</ul>
<p>Go to the online shop of <a href="https://www.kybernetik-services.com/shop/wordpress/plugin/periodical-widget-visibility-pro/?utm_source=wordpress_org&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=periodical-widget-visibility&utm_content=update-notice-readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Periodical Widget Visibility Pro</a>.</p>


Periodical Widget Visibility

Control the periodical visibility of each widget based on weekdays within a yearly time period easily.

Manual Control for Jetpack vs Periodical Widget Visibility