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WooThemes

Matt Cohen

With WooSidebars, it’s possible to change the widgets that display in a sidebar (widgetized area) according to a context (for example, a specific page, a specific blog post, certain categories or the search results screen). Setting up a custom widget area to display across multiple conditions is as easy as a few clicks.
Looking for a helping hand? <a href="https://woocommerce.com/documentation/plugins/woosidebars/" rel="nofollow ugc">View plugin documentation</a>.
Looking to contribute code to this plugin? <a href="https://github.com/woocommerce/woosidebars/" rel="nofollow ugc">Fork the repository over at GitHub</a>. Please also read the CONTRIBUTING.md file, bundled within this plugin.

WooSidebars

WooSidebars adds functionality to display different widgets in a sidebar, according to a context (for example, a specific page or a category).

Tony Hayes

Use Content Sidebars to give an instant boost to your Layout and Call-to-Action options. 
Automatically add Widget Sidebars to your Content display area, inside and out!
Improve Subscriber Conversions, Call-to-Actions, Visitor Experience, AdSense Revenue, 
Design Layout flexibility and sex drive all in one plugin (wait no, forget that last one.)
<ol>
<li>Subscribe or Call-to-Action Widget Areas – Top of Post and Bottom of Post Content</li>
<li>Visitor Targeting – Login Visitor and Logged-In User Sidebars for Offers and Navigation</li>
<li>Easy Widgets in Posts – Shortcodes for using Widgets within your Post Content</li>
<li>Boost Ads and AdSense Revenue and CTRs – InPost Sidebars for Contextual Advertising</li>
</ol>
You can safely activate this plugin and create additional Sidebars and thus Widget Areas 
to use instantly – regardless of your existing theme. See the Frequently Asked Questions 
for usage notes on better integration with your Theme.
Additional Sidebars (Widget Areas) available through Content Sidebars:
<ol>
<li>Above Post Content — ie. above the_content() output (or other hook position)</li>
<li>Below Post Content — ie. below the_content() output (or other hook position)</li>
<li>Login Sidebar ——– a Login Sidebar shown only to Visitors (Logged Out Users)</li>
<li>Fallback Sidebar —– a fallback Sidebar shown to Return Visitors (Logged In Users)</li>
<li>3 Shortcode Sidebars – use Sidebars/Widgets on posts/pages via simple shortcodes</li>
<li>3 InPost Sidebars —- for automatic contextual advertising, eg. Google Adsense</li>
</ol>
All Sidebars persist between Theme activations/deactivations, making theme conversions 
easier too – no need to add all the Widgets again or even move them.
There are also PerPost overrides available via the Content Sidebars metabox for each post 
type on the post writing/editing screen to enable/disable any of these sidebars for that page.
Filters and Widget plugins are available for advanced display and output logic for all 
sidebars, giving even further flexible options to when and which sidebars are displayed.
<a href="https://wordquest.org/plugins/content-sidebars/" rel="nofollow ugc">Content Sidebars Home</a> 
<a href="https://wordquest.org/support/content-sidebars/" rel="nofollow ugc">Support Forum</a>
Above/Below Content Sidebars – for Subscribe / Join / Call-to-Action Offers
Adding these sidebars creates an excellent space to encourage visitor registration or 
mailing list subscriptions or other call-to-action offers. Using registration or 
subscriber widgets in these places can have better results than places them in your 
standard sidebar locations. To take a relevent parallel, split tests show that the 
headline and the PS sections of salespages are the most often looked at, so using 
these spaces wisely on any webpage is a must.
The Above/Below Sidebars work either via Template Action Hooks or Content Filters methods. 
Either method can be used with any theme. The Template Action Hook defaults are preconfigured 
for immediate use with <a href="https://bioship.space" rel="nofollow ugc">BioShip Child Theme Framework</a>
Login Sidebar – for Easy Return Visitor Login
Allowing returning visitors to login from any page on your site rather than having to 
go to a specific login page increases your site’s usability and accessibility. And of 
course having this sidebar automatically not show for already logged in users, or show 
different content in it’s place (see next) are further good ideas.
Logged In Sidebar – for User Fallback and Member Offers
This was created so you can have different content for Logged In Users (eg. your Members) 
so that you can display for example a Join Us / Signup / Register Widget for new visitors 
and after they have signed up and logged in, show Members Area links or offers in their 
place instead. A very handy professional touch.
Shortcode Sidebars – for Easy Widgets in Pages or Posts
The three Shortcode Sidebars can be used via WordPress shortcodes in your post content, 
or by adding a shortcode sidebar call to your theme template files or plugins. 
eg. <code>[shortcode-sidebar-1]</code> will call any Widgets dropped in Shortcode Sidebar 1.
InPost Sidebars – for Contextual Advertising Magic
InPost Sidebars are spaced evenly throughout your paragraph text at whichever positions 
you like, for whichever Post Types you choose. For example: Drop an AdSense Widget or 
Advertising Widget or other HTML advertising block in each Sidebar (3 available) to show 
these sidebars periodically throughout your post content. Awesome.
Discreet Text Widget – for better Shortcode output in Sidebars
Using shortcode in text widgets has the advantage of being able to easily use custom code 
in your Sidebars. However, in different conditions you may want this shortcode to display 
nothing at all. If you were using a normal text widget it would still output the empty widget 
(with title etc.) – but with a Discreet Text Widget, if the shortcode returns empty the widget 
does not output at all. So this useful type of widget as been included with Content Sidebars. 
Credit: <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/hackadelic-discreet-text-widget/" rel="ugc">Hackadelic Discreet Text Widget Plugin</a>
<a href="https://wordquest.org/plugins/content-sidebars/" rel="nofollow ugc">Content Sidebars Home</a> 
<a href="https://wordquest.org/support/content-sidebars/" rel="nofollow ugc">Support Forum</a> 
<a href="https://wordquest.org/plugins/content-sidebars/" rel="nofollow ugc">Content Sidebars Home</a>
Like this plugin? Check out more of our free plugins here: 
<a href="https://wordquest.org/plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordQuest Alliance Plugins</a>
Looking for an awesome theme? Check out my child theme framework: 
<a href="https://bioship.space/" rel="nofollow ugc">BioShip Child Theme Framework</a>
<h4>Support</h4>
For support or if you have an idea to improve this plugin: 
<a href="https://wordquest.org/support/content-sidebars/" rel="nofollow ugc">Content Sidebars Support Quests</a>
<h4>Donate</h4>
To make a donation for a feature request, or to activate a supporter subscription: 
<a href="https://wordquest.org/contribute/?plugin=content-sidebars" rel="nofollow ugc">Content Sidebars Donation</a>
<h4>Development</h4>
To contribute directly to development, fork on Github and do a pull request: 
<a href="https://github.com/majick777/content-sidebars/" rel="nofollow ugc">Content Sidebars on Github</a>
<h4>Planned Updates/Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Subcriber Recognition code via Cookie detection option</li>
<li>Smart Filters to hide Subscription Widgets from Subscribed Visitors</li>
</ul>

Content Sidebars

Give an instant boost to your Layout and Call-to-Action options. Auto-add Sidebars to your Post Content Display, inside and out!

WooSidebars vs Content Sidebars