Brian Layman

<p>This plugin allows the creation and display of custom sidebars for any page (or post) on your site. On each page, you can choose which of your current theme’s sidebars will be replaced. The replacement works for all descendants of a replaced page.</p>
<p>In this fashion you can:<br />
1. Easily create a CMS like site with unique sidebars for every page, even if your theme doesn’t support it.<br />
2. Create a sidebar with a Cart widget that displays on store pages created by the WP-E-Commerce page, but not anywhere else on the site.<br />
3. Use parent pages to create themed areas of your site, without creating custom page templates.</p>
<p>This plugin is compatible with every theme and all widgets because it hijacks your theme’s sidebars instead of replacing them.</p>
<h3>Use</h3>
<ol>
<li>Edit a page or create and save one. It must at least have a title.</li>
<li>In the ?Custom Sidebar? section, check ?Activate a custom sidebar? and select the sidebar to replace.</li>
<li>On the Appearance->Widgets screen, place the widgets on the newly created sidebar that matches your post. </li>
</ol>
<p>That?s it. No code. No CSS changes. No custom templates.</p>
<p>This video describes the usage of the plugin:<br />
     <span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_U2XfrU7nZQ?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span></p>


Per Page Sidebars

The Per Page Sidebars (PPS) plugin allows blog administrators to create a unique sidebar for each Page. No template editing is required.

wpexplorer

<p>The <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/more-widgets/" rel="ugc">More Widgets</a> plugin adds extra widgets to use with your widgetized areas within your WordPress site. Use this plugin instead of built-in theme widgets so if you ever switch themes you can keep your widgets.</p>
<p>The plugin is super slim and well coded so you don’t have to worry about any added “bloat” on the site. Also all widgets do include default styling so no coding is required. Of course if you want to remove the default styling this can be done easily via a child theme (see the FAQ’s below).</p>
<p>If you are looking for a different widget plugin you may want to check out our list of <a href="https://www.wpexplorer.com/best-wordpress-widget-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">Best Widget Plugins</a> for other options.</p>
<h4>Included Widgets</h4>
<p>The following widgets are included with the plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li>About</li>
<li>Advertisement (1 or 2 columns)</li>
<li>Advanced Recent Posts (left thumbnail or top thumbnail styles)</li>
<li>Business Info</li>
<li>Comments w/ Avatar</li>
<li>Facebook Page</li>
<li>Google Map</li>
<li>Newsletter</li>
<li>Posts Slider</li>
<li>Social Profiles</li>
<li>Users</li>
</ul>
<h4>Suggest New Widgets</h4>
<p>Open a new support request for any recommendations for future widgets to be added to the plugin or extra settings for the current widgets.</p>


More Widgets

The More Widgets plugin adds extra widgets to use with your widgetized areas within your WordPress site. Use this plugin instead of built-in theme wid …

Per Page Sidebars vs More Widgets