Sidebar and Widget Manager lets you add custom widget areas to page and post content. Place them with a shortcode, reuse them across content, or organize sidebars into responsive layouts with OTW Grid Manager Light. The main setup uses the WordPress administration interface and does not require coding knowledge.

Place widget areas in page or post content

1. Create a custom sidebar, also called a widget area.
2. In the page or post editor, insert its shortcode where the widgets should appear. Use the Insert Sidebar Shortcode button or copy and paste the shortcode.
3. Go to Appearance > Widgets and add widgets to the new sidebar.

You can reuse a sidebar across as many pages or posts as needed. You can create an unlimited number of sidebars.

Arrange sidebars in responsive layouts

OTW Grid Manager Light provides a drag-and-drop interface for building layouts with rows and columns. Add rows, create columns within them, and place sidebars in the columns. This lets you combine page text with widget areas or group various widgets across columns.

Use a sidebar in a theme template

For template-level placement, advanced users can add a plugin-created sidebar in a theme template file by passing its shortcode to WordPress’s do_shortcode function.