Plugin info

Total downloads: 13,826
Active installs: 400
Total reviews: 8
Average rating: 4.9
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 4/14/2025 (261 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 3/23/2015 (10 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.5
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 261 days ago • 8 reviews

40/100

Is Dynamic Widget Content abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 261 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.5
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: f

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Description

The widget will only show if you have set some content for it on the current page. Perfect for creating dynamic widgets that only appear when you need it. Works with any custom post type as well and you can use shortcodes in the widget content!

Usage examples:

  • Post summaries
  • Positive and negative points for reviews
  • Index with links for long pages
  • Call to action links

Let us know what you think! Any feedback is welcome.

Installation

  1. Upload the dynamic-widget-content directory (directory included) to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Add the ‘Dynamic Widget Content’ widget
  4. Add content in the ‘Dynamic Widget Content’ meta box for posts or pages

Frequently Asked Questions

Who made this?

Bootstrapped Ventures

Review feed

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Screenshots

  1. Start by adding our widget to your website

    Start by adding our widget to your website

  2. Add widget content to any of your pages or posts

    Add widget content to any of your pages or posts

  3. The widget will show up for that page/post only

    The widget will show up for that page/post only

  4. A few settings are available for your convenience

    A few settings are available for your convenience

Changelog

1.3.6

  • Fix: PHP 8.2 deprecations

1.3.5

  • Fix: PHP 8 deprecation warnings
  • Fix: Gutenberg deprecations

1.3.4

  • Fix: Settings page WordPress 5.5 compatibility

1.3.3

  • Fix: Gutenberg 3.9 compatibility

1.3.2

  • Fix: Gutenberg 3.3 compatibility

1.3.1

  • Fix: Gutenberg 2.7 compatibility

1.3.0

  • Feature: Gutenberg compatible, including new blocks
  • Improvement: Update VafPress library
  • Fix: Prevent PHP 7 deprecated warning

1.2.2

  • Fix: PHP 7 compatibility

1.2.1

  • Bootstrapped Venture Giveaway

1.2

  • Feature: Enable up to 3 dynamic widgets in the settings. Useful for multiple sidebars, for example.

1.1

  • Feature: Ability to set a default title and content (leave blank to hide)

0.0.2

  • Added a basic settings page
  • New ‘dwc_widget_output’ plugin hook to alter the output with code

0.0.1

  • Very first version of this plugin