Choose conditions for each widget area

Content Aware Sidebars Pro lets you assign different widget areas to different parts of a WordPress site. In the sidebar editor, select where, when, and to whom an area appears. Conditions can be combined, such as a category and a particular author, and you can choose sidebars while editing a post or page.

Contexts include posts, pages, custom post types and taxonomies, tags, categories, page templates, authors, archives, the front page, search results, and 404 pages. The plugin also supports forums and profiles, BuddyPress profile sections, and languages through supported translation integrations.

Pro conditions, placement, and schedules

Pro includes display conditions for Advanced Custom Fields and Meta Box data, URLs with wildcards, referrer URLs, date archives, content by publish date, and BuddyPress groups. Random widget areas are available when you want the displayed area to vary.

Place a widget area after a chosen number or percentage of paragraphs, or add one through a theme hook without coding. Sticky sidebars and widget areas are also available; this option is described as using no jQuery and no bloat. Time and weekday schedules let you display an area only during selected time ranges on specified days.

Design and manage widgets

The Widget Area Designer adds responsive widget columns and options for colors, backgrounds, padding, and other presentation details. You can also change the HTML and CSS classes of widget areas, widgets, and widget titles without writing code.

Automatic Widgets Backup helps restore widgets that were changed or deleted. Widget Cleaner can disable and remove unused widgets. Extended User Visibility lets you show or conceal areas according to user roles, BuddyPress groups, and other supported settings; Sidebar Visibility can hide areas from logged-out customers.

Container Widget turns widget areas into reusable blocks so the same widgets can appear in more than one place. Totem adds a floating button for widgets. 1-Click Sidebar Activation quickly activates or deactivates areas, while Live Search and the split-screen widget manager help with administration when a site has many areas.

Integrations and common uses

Create product-focused areas for WooCommerce, member areas for BuddyPress, forum areas for bbPress, or language-specific areas through supported translation integrations. Integrations include Easy Digital Downloads, Pods, Polylang, TranslatePress, Transposh, Weglot, and WPML. The extension can also work alongside page builders such as Elementor, SiteOrigin Page Builder, Beaver Builder, and Visual Composer.

Set up a widget area

Install and activate the paid edition in WordPress, then open the Content Aware Sidebars settings. Create a widget area, add its display conditions, configure any schedule or visibility rules, and assign widgets. Select the area while editing content, or insert it through a supported theme hook or paragraph placement option. Preview the result and adjust its design settings as needed.