Justin Tadlock

<p>The default WordPress widgets don’t offer much control over how they are output on the screen.  Widgets Reloaded seeks to correct this problem.</p>
<p>This plugin provides alternatives to many of the default widgets with versions that allow much more control.  Widgets come with numerous options to output widget content just like you want.</p>
<h3>Plugin Features</h3>
<p>The plugin creates the following widgets:</p>
<ul>
<li>Reloaded – Archives</li>
<li>Reloaded – Authors</li>
<li>Reloaded – Bookmarks <em>(if link manager is enabled)</em></li>
<li>Reloaded – Calendar</li>
<li>Reloaded – Categories</li>
<li>Reloaded – Menu</li>
<li>Reloaded – Pages</li>
<li>Reloaded – Posts</li>
<li>Reloaded – Tags</li>
</ul>
<h3>Professional Support</h3>
<p>If you need professional plugin support from me, the plugin author, you can join the club at <a href="https://themehybrid.com/club" rel="nofollow ugc">Theme Hybrid</a>, which is a professional WordPress help/support site where I handle support for all my plugins and themes for a community of 75,000+ users (and growing).</p>
<h3>Plugin Development</h3>
<p>If you’re a theme author, plugin author, or just a code hobbyist, you can follow the development of this plugin on it’s <a href="https://github.com/justintadlock/widgets-reloaded" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repository</a>.</p>
<h3>Donations</h3>
<p>Yes, I do accept donations.  If you want to donate, you can do so from my <a href="https://themehybrid.com/donate" rel="nofollow ugc">donations page</a> or grab me something from my <a href="http://a.co/flUb0ns" rel="nofollow ugc">Amazon Wish List</a>.</p>
<p>I appreciate all donations, no matter the size.  Further development of this plugin is not contingent on donations, but they are always a nice incentive.</p>


Widgets Reloaded

More advanced versions of the default WordPress widgets that come with highly customizable control panels.

Jonathan Daggerhart

<p><strong>As of version 2.3, Widget Wrangler requires PHP 5.3 or higher</strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Widget Wrangler provides the following features:</p>
<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>
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW2NgtwUuHE</p>


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.

Widgets Reloaded vs Widget Wrangler