Marcus Downing

<p>Add page-specific widget areas to templates with a <code>Sidebars:</code> header:</p>
<pre><code><?php
/*
Template Name: Photos template
Sidebars: notes (Photo Notes)
*/
...
</code></pre>
<p>Use these sidebars the normal way:</p>
<pre><code>dynamic_sidebar('notes');
</code></pre>
<p>At present this only works on Pages.</p>


Post-Specific Widgets

Add page-specific widget areas to templates with a Sidebars: header:

Guido Scialfa

Ram Ratan Maurya

Torsten Landsiedel

ChurchThemes.com

Steven Gliebe

<p>Widget Importer & Exporter is useful for moving widgets from one WordPress site to another, backing up widgets and for theme developers to give users sample widgets. See the <a href="https://churchthemes.com/plugins/widget-importer-exporter/" rel="nofollow ugc">details</a> on ChurchThemes.com.</p>
<h4>Importing</h4>
<p>Importing is done by uploading an export file created by the plugin. The results of an import are shown in a nicely formatted table with an explanation of what happened with each widget area and widget.</p>
<p>Importation takes into consideration widget areas not existing in the current theme (widgets imported as <em>Inactive</em>), widgets that already exist in the same widget area (widgets not duplicated) and widgets that are not supported by the site (widgets not imported).</p>
<h4>Exporting</h4>
<p>Widget Importer & Exporter can create an export file (in JSON format with .wie extension) out of currently active widgets. This file can be imported into other sites using this plugin or used to restore widgets to the same site later.</p>
<h4>Developers</h4>
<p>The <code>wie_before_import</code> action fires after a file is uploaded but before the data is imported. <code>wie_after_import</code> fires after the data is imported. The <code>wie_import_data</code> filter can be used to filter data before it is imported. Other filters are used throughout. Make a pull request on GitHub if you need another hook.</p>
<p>Please jump on <a href="https://github.com/churchthemes/widget-importer-exporter" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a> to report issues and follow development.</p>


Widget Importer & Exporter

The plugin did what it described - super-easy and quick to use. It even transferred the custom "Conditional Widgets" settings that I had for a few of the widgets.

Well done, mate!

Post-Specific Widgets vs Widget Importer & Exporter