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PageSpot uses private Pages as groups of content to be inserted in various 
other places in your Page or theme. By default it creates two special 
private Pages:
PageSpot Snippets are pieces of another Page. To create a new snippet, 
just 
create a child Page of the [PageSpot] Page Snippets page. PageSpot will 
ensure your new snippet remains Private and inaccessible on its own. 
PageSpot then expects you to assign the snippet to a Spot on one of your 
public Pages.
To do that, you will first need to create custom templates in your theme 
directory. If you create a template with “pagespot” in the name, and select 
it in the Page editor, the PageSpot admin box will become active for that 
Page. PageSpot will parse the template for annotations that look like 
“[[PageSpot:Foo]]”, and allow you to assign a PageSpot Snippet to the 
“Foo” spot.
The final result is that when viewed from the front end, your Page will have 
the assigned snippet Page’s content inserted in place of your [[PageSpot]] 
annotation. This lets you build up complex layouts for a Page, composed of 
other Pages. content which you can edit and replace independent of each 
other.
Sidebar Items are pages that together comprise a sidebar for your theme. 
To create a sidebar, just create a private Page named “[Sidebar] Foo”. All 
child pages of that page constitute the Foo sidebar. PageSpot will add a 
meta-box in the Page Edit screen to select the sidebar to use for the 
current Page. Adding some simple PHP code to your sidebar template is all 
you then need to bring this functionality into your custom theme:
<pre><code><?php PageSpot::print_sidebar(); ?>
</code></pre>

PageSpot

PageSpot facilitates more complex layout options for Pages, and dynamically assignable sidebar content on a per-Page basis.

Archetyped

Cornerstone makes WordPress practical for any type of site by enhancing its content management capabilities. Too long have we had to resort to hacks like using categories in menus to build a pseudo site structure (you know what I’m talking about).
Cornerstone enhances your WordPress site in several ways. One of the most useful features is one that allows WordPress to be used for sites that go beyond just blogging– Posts in Sections. Create a section, add posts to it, they show up when visitors navigate to that section. Simple as that. It really is, but because you’re awesome <a href="http://archetyped.com/know/how-to-organize-posts-in-sections-in-wordpress-with-cornerstone/" rel="nofollow ugc">here’s a tutorial on how to do it</a>.
<h3>Thanks for the Support!</h3>
The support from the users that love Cornerstone is huge. You can support Cornerstone’s future development and help to make it even better by donating or even just by sending me a nice message 🙂
<a href="https://gum.co/cnr-donate" rel="nofollow ugc">Donate to Cornerstone</a>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>”NEW: Content Types” – Add custom fields to default (posts, pages, etc.) and custom (events, properties, etc.) post types</li>
<li>Posts in Sections (see above for more info. Why are you reading from the bottom up?)</li>
<li>Structured permalinks – post permalinks are based on the section they are in (e.g. <code>/section-name/post-name/</code>)</li>
<li>RSS for Sections – Let users subscribe to and receive updates for specific sections on the site.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Next Up</h3>
<ul>
<li>Template functionality – enhanced page titles, featured content, etc.</li>
<li>And more, which is where your feedback comes in.</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://archetyped.com/tools/cornerstone/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin home page</a>

Cornerstone

I found the idea of this plugin quite useful so I was tempted to give a five star rating. But the permalink function is not fully configurable and does not work without trailing slashes which in some cases might be wanted. 
Since I found that a central part of the task the plugin should be used for is not functional I only gave it a 3 stars rating.



Does its job but breaks permalinks

Enhanced content management for WordPress

PageSpot vs Cornerstone