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sidebar-manager-light

Sidebar Manager Light

Create custom sidebars (widget areas) and replace any existing sidebar so you can display relevant content on different pages.

custom sidebar custom widget area widgets replace sidebar replace widget area sidebar
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Download Momentum

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Source Evidence

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mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.95
[Plugin: Sidebar Manager Light] Please stop changing WP core files!

[Plugin: Sidebar Manager Light] Please stop changing WP core files!: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
I just found out that your plugin replaces functions names from WordPress core files and manipulates the file “wp-includes/widgets.php”.
complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.93
Upgrade broke my site

Upgrade broke my site: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Using a child of the Path theme.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
Not seeing custom sidebar

Not seeing custom sidebar: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
I’m not sure how I can give you more information that might help diagnois the problem.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81
Sidebar does not display

Sidebar does not display: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Sidebar does not display Hello – I have followed the (rather simple) instructions carefully: –created a sidebar using Sidebar Manager –selected some pages to which the custom sidebar should apply –placed a custom-menu widget in the sidebar, The sidebar/widget does not display.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81
Blank page on WP-admin (cookies header errors)

Blank page on WP-admin (cookies header errors): users show bugs, compatibility, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Blank page on WP-admin (cookies header errors) Hello, backup and move remote site on localhost we have a problem to access on wp-admin (blank page) on wp-login.php it have a notice (header cookie errors).
complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.81
Not working unfortunatelly

Not working unfortunatelly: users show bugs, missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Not working unfortunatelly It does not work … I had a new WP install and tried to use this to change the sidebar on blog page … it created the sidebar, but it DOES NOT replace the standard sidebar, even everything was properly selected and double checked in the plugin settings.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Sidebar will not appear on one page

Sidebar will not appear on one page: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Sidebar will not appear on one page Hi We are using this plugin on Amero.dk, but we have one issue.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
Does not work on posts

Does not work on posts: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Does not work on posts Hi, Works great on pages but when I choose a post it reverts to the standard sidebar.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.44
sidebars management

sidebars management: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
sidebars management cool way of managing sidebars on your themes.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.44
So Far So GOOD!

So Far So GOOD!: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Hello good people, I was working on preparing new, custom WordPress PHP page templates, and custom sidebars for a Genesis theme.

Competitor Context

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Widgetize Pages Light praise owner · intel 77.0 · weakness 67.7
praise owner
stale update history 23 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1 source 2
SMK Sidebar Generator praise owner · intel 67.4 · weakness 50.5
praise owner
17 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1 source 2
Lightweight Sidebar Manager praise owner · intel 57.5 · weakness 34.8
praise owner
3 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect custom sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1 source 2
Buddypress Sidebar praise owner · intel 52.0 · weakness 42.2
praise owner
stale update history 2 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1 source 2
CG Dynamic Sidebar praise owner · intel 33.2 · weakness 32.7
praise owner
stale update history 1 source link Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1

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No repeated plugin-level themes have been generated yet.

Collected Signals

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complaint Not working unfortunatelly (2 stars) review · 2018-10-24T15:48:52+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Not working unfortunatelly: users show bugs, missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Not working unfortunatelly It does not work … I had a new WP install and tried to use this to change the sidebar on blog page … it created the sidebar, but it DOES NOT replace the standard sidebar, even everything was properly selected and double checked in the plugin settings.
bugs missing feature setup agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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praise Roles are making this plug-in interesting (4 stars) review · 2017-01-06T16:48:30+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Roles are making this plug-in interesting: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: So while this plug-in is rather simple overall, this feature makes it stand out.
missing feature easy agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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praise Brilliant in its Simplicity (5 stars) review · 2016-06-06T08:49:21+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Brilliant in its Simplicity: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Brilliant in its Simplicity Ahhh, you have made my life so much easier with this sweet little plugin that worked right out of the box. THANK YOU. Ahhh, you have made my life so much easier with this sweet little plugin that worked right out of the box. THANK YOU.
agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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complaint Does not work on posts support · 2016-06-03T05:59:25+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Does not work on posts: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Does not work on posts Hi, Works great on pages but when I choose a post it reverts to the standard sidebar.
bugs reliable quality agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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complaint Sidebar does not display support · 2015-11-20T04:32:59+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Sidebar does not display: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Sidebar does not display Hello – I have followed the (rather simple) instructions carefully: –created a sidebar using Sidebar Manager –selected some pages to which the custom sidebar should apply –placed a custom-menu widget in the sidebar, The sidebar/widget does not display.
bugs compatibility missing feature easy agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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praise Very, very good concept!!! (5 stars) review · 2015-10-08T08:43:27+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Very, very good concept!!!: users show pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Very, very useful, even in free version.
pricing value agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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complaint Blank page on WP-admin (cookies header errors) support · 2015-08-24T11:07:34+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Blank page on WP-admin (cookies header errors): users show bugs, compatibility, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Blank page on WP-admin (cookies header errors) Hello, backup and move remote site on localhost we have a problem to access on wp-admin (blank page) on wp-login.php it have a notice (header cookie errors).
bugs compatibility migration backup agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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praise Just what we needed (5 stars) review · 2015-03-30T22:33:10+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Just what we needed: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Just what we needed We have tried many sidebar plugins, some of them are good but not always compatible with other plugins or themes.
compatibility agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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complaint Sidebar will not appear on one page support · 2015-02-18T08:59:13+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Sidebar will not appear on one page: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Sidebar will not appear on one page Hi We are using this plugin on Amero.dk, but we have one issue.
bugs setup agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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praise Nice Plugin (4 stars) review · 2015-02-13T10:55:56+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Nice Plugin: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Nice Plugin It is well organized with various options, There should be the function to hide the other unused option in it.
missing feature agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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praise Works for me! with wp 3.8.1, and TwntyFourteen theme (5 stars) review · 2014-02-25T15:19:03+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Works for me! with wp 3.8.1, and TwntyFourteen theme: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Works for me!
compatibility reliable agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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question delete old sidebars support · 2013-11-01T09:13:43+00:00 · low severity · custom sidebar

delete old sidebars: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: If you’d like to remove a theme sidebar than you should find where the theme registers the sidebars or contact the theme author.
compatibility agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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mixed Remove post/page title to create alternate home page support · 2013-09-02T06:57:36+00:00 · low severity · custom sidebar

Remove post/page title to create alternate home page: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Remove post/page title to create alternate home page Hello, Can you help me remove or hide the displayed page name for a page created using Sidebar Manager Light?
compatibility missing feature support quality agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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praise So Far So GOOD! (5 stars) review · 2013-09-02T06:45:47+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

So Far So GOOD!: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Hello good people, I was working on preparing new, custom WordPress PHP page templates, and custom sidebars for a Genesis theme.
compatibility easy dashboard agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
praise Perfect! (5 stars) review · 2013-04-09T16:25:34+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Perfect!: users praise value, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Perfect!
value quality agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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praise Very Nice Solution Suggestion (5 stars) review · 2013-02-05T10:04:40+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Very Nice Solution Suggestion: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: And make a greate time saving assistance for my current project.
missing feature value quality agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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praise sidebars management (5 stars) review · 2013-01-17T11:05:36+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

sidebars management: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: sidebars management cool way of managing sidebars on your themes.
compatibility agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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praise Good job (5 stars) review · 2013-01-16T08:38:20+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Good job: users praise easy, reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Good job Nice and easy interface.
easy reliable agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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complaint Upgrade broke my site (1 star) review · 2013-01-13T15:59:53+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Upgrade broke my site: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Using a child of the Path theme.
bugs compatibility missing feature support agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
mixed Not seeing custom sidebar support · 2012-12-23T08:10:02+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Not seeing custom sidebar: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I’m not sure how I can give you more information that might help diagnois the problem.
bugs compatibility missing feature support agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect sidebar layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin