Widget, sidebar and builder-related tools
The Widgets category covers a varied group of tools connected to widgets, sidebars and page-building tags. Of its 501 plugins, 128 also use the widget tag, 90 the Elementor tag, 45 the sidebar tag and 20 the page-builder tag.
Names such as SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle, Jeg Kit for Elementor and Lightweight Sidebar Manager illustrate the range represented, without making the category a single-purpose group. These tags offer a useful starting point for narrowing a search.
Import, display and widget-management options
Related tags and plugin names point to several distinct areas to investigate when comparing options.
- Demo-related tools: One Click Demo Import is a prominent name in the category; 26 plugins also share the demo tag.
- Moving widget setups: Widget Importer & Exporter is one name to examine when exploring import and export options.
- Widget display and context: Widget CSS Classes and Widget Context are further names to compare.
- Sidebar and admin overlap: 45 plugins share the sidebar tag, while 39 share the admin tag.
Adoption and ratings as selection signals
Install counts and rating summaries vary across listed plugins, so neither signal tells the whole story.
- High adoption: One Click Demo Import has 1,000,000 active installs and a good rating with a moderate number of reviews.
- 400,000 installs: SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle is rated excellent, while Ocean Extra is rated mixed; both have a moderate number of reviews.
- 300,000 installs: Blocksy Companion is rated excellent and Jeg Kit for Elementor mixed, each with a moderate number of reviews.
- Different review coverage: WooSidebars has 100,000 installs and a mixed rating with few reviews. Lightweight Sidebar Manager has 80,000 installs and a good rating with few reviews.
- Unrated: UiCore Elements has 40,000 installs and no rating summary; other listed plugins have excellent, good or mixed ratings.
A broad category with limited recent updates
The install thresholds point to a fragmented category, while update recency deserves attention when comparing plugins.
Just 7 of 501 plugins have at least 100,000 installs, and 27 have at least 10,000. Overall, 29% were updated in the last year. Among the listed plugins, several were updated this month, including SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle and Widget Context; Lightweight Sidebar Manager was updated two months ago. By contrast, WooSidebars was last updated 31 months ago, and Widget CSS Classes 24 months ago. These differences make checking update history a useful part of narrowing a choice.