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smk-sidebar-generator

SMK Sidebar Generator

Create unlimited custom sidebars and widget areas. Display different sidebars on specific pages, posts, or custom post types with conditional logic.

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38.5 Open evidence Open API Open on WordPress.org
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Open evidence

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70.3% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

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Download Momentum

180 days
1.2K 1.3K -10.7% 10.8K

Related Opportunities

4 markets
Commercial opportunity Widget: Agency visual QA and update safety agency visual QA and update safety · final 78.6 · proof validated Commercial opportunity Sidebar: Agency visual QA and update safety agency visual QA and update safety · final 74.0 · proof validated Needs sharper proof Custom Sidebar: Agency visual QA and update safety agency visual QA and update safety · final 66.6 · proof not collected Generic category Generator: WordPress operations workflow WordPress operations workflow · final 48.0 · proof partial

Source Evidence

Open evidence explorer
complaint support · high severity · relevance 1.0
I can not enter sidebars

I can not enter sidebars: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Thanks Daniele https://wordpress.org/plugins/smk-sidebar-generator/ This is the same kind of issue I am having with v3.0.
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.91
Fatal error in 3.0

Fatal error in 3.0: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Fatal error in 3.0 I am getting the following error message and cannot access the featured image section.
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.9
Uploaded to 3.0 now I can't post or use my site

Uploaded to 3.0 now I can't post or use my site: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Uploaded to 3.0 now I can't post or use my site I’m receiving this error on my blog post page where I use sidebars, it won’t even allow me to post to my site anymore.
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.85
broken while using HTML tags on Text widgets

broken while using HTML tags on Text widgets: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
broken while using HTML tags on Text widgets It put HTML elements on the top of the page while using multiple Text widgets.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.92
Options not showin up

Options not showin up: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Options not showin up For some reason, the admin panel is totally empty on WP 4.2.2 Any help?
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.87
SMK_sidebar missing with buddypress – all latest updates

SMK_sidebar missing with buddypress – all latest updates: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
SMK_sidebar missing with buddypress – all latest updates SMK-Sidebar 3.1, BP 2.6.1.1, WP 4.5.3, Inovado Theme from Minti using Child Theme affected page: http://wowgrama.com/mingle Hi, I have approached the theme authors and buddypress support to resolve this issue.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86
How to use without shotcode?

How to use without shotcode?: users show bugs, support, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
I absolutely have no clue how to use it… Export and Import is also lost?
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
How to change widget markup?

How to change widget markup?: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Hi Andrei, Is there any option to change markup for widgets inside the area created by the plugin?
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
compability wordpress 6.2

compability wordpress 6.2: users show bugs, migration, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Do you see any errors or something is not working as expected?
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Conflict with core wordpress

Conflict with core wordpress: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Conflict with core wordpress Hi, i have updated the SMK sidebar generator to the last version and whe i open the admin page every link is disabled and is impossibile to use every button and link.

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
Sidebar Manager Light praise owner · intel 70.7 · weakness 58.5
praise owner
stale update history 6 collected complaint signal(s) bugs missing feature 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
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

Repeated Themes

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No repeated plugin-level themes have been generated yet.

Collected Signals

20 shown from 35 collected
question has not been tested support · 2025-12-02T08:57:29+00:00 · low severity · custom sidebar

The user asks why WordPress warns that the plugin has not been tested with their current WordPress version.

Evidence: Warning: This plugin has not been tested with your current version of WordPress.
compatibility WordPress version testing agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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mixed compability wordpress 6.2 support · 2023-11-17T12:53:38+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

compability wordpress 6.2: users show bugs, migration, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Do you see any errors or something is not working as expected?
bugs migration setup reliable agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
mixed Sidebar Not Displaying support · 2021-06-02T12:18:41+00:00 · low severity · custom sidebar

Sidebar Not Displaying: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Sidebar Not Displaying I have an eCommerce theme (Alidropship’s Rembrandt theme) that does not have a sidebar for the blog section included in the theme.
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 widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
complaint Clashing with plugins (2 stars) review · 2020-07-28T07:17:53+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Clashing with plugins: users show pricing, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Clashing with plugins The plugin is great, but i can’t install other plugins for subscription forms or newsletters.
pricing setup quality form agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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complaint French Translation – Done support · 2019-10-11T15:11:18+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

French Translation – Done: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I use it with the theme Hello of elementor which misses the sidebars.
compatibility missing feature email agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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neutral PHP 7.3 Error support · 2019-10-03T18:02:09+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

PHP 7.3 Error: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: PHP 7.3 Error Hi, there looks to me a PHP v7.3 compatibility issue with Version 3.2.0 of this plugin.
bugs compatibility reporting agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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neutral Is Smk Sidebar Generator GPDR compliant? support · 2018-05-09T13:18:30+00:00 · low severity · custom sidebar

Is Smk Sidebar Generator GPDR compliant?: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Does the plugin collect any user information or any other information from the website it is active on?
form agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
mixed How to change widget markup? support · 2017-05-25T16:43:15+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

How to change widget markup?: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Hi Andrei, Is there any option to change markup for widgets inside the area created by the plugin?
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 widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
mixed This plugin has not been tested with the current version of WordPress. support · 2017-03-22T19:50:03+00:00 · low severity · custom sidebar

This plugin has not been tested with the current version of WordPress.: users show missing feature, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: You can see the progress on Github: https://github.com/ZeroWP/Wordpress-Sidebar-Generator This will be the version 4 and will include some hot features.
missing feature migration quality import agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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praise Superb! (5 stars) review · 2017-03-08T15:05:47+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

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

Evidence: Thank you for such a great plugin!
quality agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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complaint Documentation. support · 2016-12-19T18:28:09+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Documentation.: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Documentation.
setup agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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complaint SMK_sidebar missing with buddypress – all latest updates support · 2016-07-31T18:11:26+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

SMK_sidebar missing with buddypress – all latest updates: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: SMK_sidebar missing with buddypress – all latest updates SMK-Sidebar 3.1, BP 2.6.1.1, WP 4.5.3, Inovado Theme from Minti using Child Theme affected page: http://wowgrama.com/mingle Hi, I have approached the theme authors and buddypress support to resolve this issue.
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 widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
complaint Admin page blank on WP 4.5 support · 2016-04-20T10:46:37+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Admin page blank on WP 4.5: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: The theme I am using depends heavily on your plugin.
bugs compatibility agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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complaint Conflict with core wordpress support · 2016-02-16T09:40:01+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Conflict with core wordpress: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Conflict with core wordpress Hi, i have updated the SMK sidebar generator to the last version and whe i open the admin page every link is disabled and is impossibile to use every button and link.
compatibility support agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
complaint Sidebars not showing up support · 2016-01-27T16:49:31+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Sidebars not showing up: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Sidebars not showing up The sidebars have been working until yesterday when I was informed they weren’t.
bugs form agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
complaint broken while using HTML tags on Text widgets support · 2016-01-10T16:12:37+00:00 · high severity · custom sidebar

broken while using HTML tags on Text widgets: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: broken while using HTML tags on Text widgets It put HTML elements on the top of the page while using multiple Text widgets.
bugs compatibility agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
complaint Close Shortcode. E Add button support · 2015-12-18T09:49:27+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Close Shortcode. E Add button: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: E Add button Hello, thanks for the great plugin!
compatibility quality agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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complaint Admin page is blank support · 2015-12-02T00:57:09+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Admin page is blank: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I am using PHP version 5.3.29 and cannot upgrade to 5.4 to solve this; is there another recommended solution?
compatibility agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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neutral Admin page is blank support · 2015-10-30T18:11:25+00:00 · low severity · custom sidebar

Admin page is blank: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Admin page is blank The Plugin Admin page is blank. https://wordpress.org/plugins/smk-sidebar-generator/ The Plugin Admin page is blank. https://wordpress.org/plugins/smk-sidebar-generator/
agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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complaint Admin page is blank support · 2015-09-02T21:05:25+00:00 · medium severity · custom sidebar

Admin page is blank: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Some have suggested it is an incompatibility with certain versions of PHP (I’m running 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.8).
compatibility support agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
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