Sidebar and Widget Manager lets you create widget areas beyond the sidebars and footers supplied by a theme. Add them to page or post content, reuse them across different pages, or arrange them in responsive layouts with OTW Grid Manager Light. The main setup uses the WordPress administration interface and does not require coding knowledge.

Place widgets in page or post content

Create a custom sidebar, then insert its shortcode in the page or post editor where its widgets should appear. Use the Insert Sidebar Shortcode button or copy and paste the shortcode. After placing it, go to Appearance > Widgets and add widgets to the new sidebar. You can reuse a widget area across as many pages or posts as needed, and make as many areas as needed.

Arrange sidebars in a responsive layout

OTW Grid Manager Light delivers a drag-and-drop interface for arranging sidebars in rows and columns. Add rows, make columns within them, and insert sidebars into the columns. This lets you combine page text with selected widget areas or organize various widget groups across several columns.

Place a sidebar in a theme template

For template-level placement, advanced visitors can add a sidebar created with the add-on by using its shortcode with WordPress's do_shortcode function in a theme template file.