Extended Widget Options

Extended Widget Options is the most comprehensive WordPress plugin for taking full control of your widgets and Gutenberg blocks. Designed for site administrators, online stores, and content teams that need to decide precisely where, when, and for whom each element is displayed, this plugin eliminates the need to touch code or create multiple sidebars for each design variation.

With over 2,700,000 downloads and an average rating of 4.9 stars, Extended Widget Options integrates an elegant, feature-rich options panel directly into each widget. You can show or hide widgets on specific pages, posts, custom post types, categories, tags, and taxonomies using simple checkboxes. It is also possible to control visibility by device: display different content on desktop, tablet, or mobile to optimize the browsing experience on each screen.

Among its most notable features are user role restrictions, which allow serving different content to anonymous visitors and registered members; visibility by days and date ranges, ideal for promotional campaigns and temporary offers that automatically hide when they end; and support for conditional logic with WordPress tags for advanced users who prefer custom PHP conditions.

The plugin also includes advanced styling options: custom alignment per device, responsive columns without needing to register additional sidebars, scroll animations, fixed or sticky widgets, custom links with nofollow attributes, and the ability to add custom CSS IDs and classes. Additionally, you can clone widgets, move them between areas, hide titles, import and export settings, create backups per widget area, and speed up site loading with widget caching.

Compatible with the classic widget editor and the Gutenberg block editor, Extended Widget Options also integrates with popular page builders like Elementor and SiteOrigin, extending your control over the widget panels of these ecosystems. Shortcodes allow you to display any widget or sidebar anywhere on the site, and the live search filter in the admin panel makes it easy to locate widgets quickly even in projects with many widget areas.

If you manage a blog with many categories, a store with an extensive catalog, or a corporate site that needs contextual messages in each section, Extended Widget Options gives you the flexibility and granular control you need so that each widget fulfills its purpose exactly where it should be.