Title: Widgets Control Author: itthinx Published: March 10, 2015 Last modified: December 20, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/widgets-control/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1526585) ![](https://ps.w.org/widgets-control/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1526585) # Widgets Control By [itthinx](https://profiles.wordpress.org/itthinx/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/widgets-control.3.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-control/#description) * [Reviews](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-control/#reviews) * [Installation](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-control/#installation) * [Development](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-control/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widgets-control/) ## Description _Widgets Control_ is a toolbox that features visibility management for all widgets, sidebars, sections of content and content blocks. It allows to **show widgets and sidebars based on conditions** – you can choose to show them only on certain pages or exclude them from being displayed. **Sections** of content can also be restricted by using this plugin’s `[widgets_control]` shortcode. You can also define new WYSIWYG **Content Blocks** that can be used in widgets, sidebars and with shortcodes. For each widget and sidebar, you can decide where it should be displayed: * show it on all pages * show it on some pages * show it on all except some pages … you can target small, medium or large screens for mobile, tablet and desktop users. To include or exclude pages, the plugin allows you to indicate page ids, titles or slugs and tokens that identify the front page, categories, tags, etc. In addition to page ids, titles and slugs, these tokens can be used to determine where a widget should or should not be displayed: ``` [home] [front] [single] [page] [category] ... ``` On sites using [WPML](https://wpml.org), widgets can be shown conditionally based on the language viewed. The `[widgets_control]` shortcode is used to embed content and show it conditionally similar to the visibility options used for widgets and sidebars. For example, `[ widgets_control conditions="{archive}"]This text is shown only when the content is displayed on an archive page.[/widgets_control]`. _Widgets Control_ also provides **flexible WYSIWYG Content Blocks** and a proper widget that can be used to place them in sidebars, the `[widgets_control_content]` shortcode to embed freely created blocks anywhere on your pages and API functions that allow to include these blocks in PHP templates of your theme. For even more flexible control, use [Widgets Control Pro](https://www.itthinx.com/shop/widgets-control-pro/) which provides freely definable additional sidebars. Use display conditions to show or hide content on devices with small, medium or large displays, useful to adapt the display to **mobile, tablet and desktop** viewers. See the [documentation](http://docs.itthinx.com/document/widgets-control/) for more details. _Widgets Control_ works with virtually any widget. It is compatible with lots of plugins, among these it has been tested with: * [Groups](https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/) * [Affiliates](https://wordpress.org/plugins/affiliates/) * [Decent Comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/decent-comments/) * [WooCommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/) * [WooCommerce Product Search](https://www.itthinx.com/shop/woocommerce-product-search/) * [Search Live](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-live/) * [Documentation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/documentation/) * [Events Manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/) * [BuddyPress](https://buddypress.org) * [bbPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/) * [Ninja Forms](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms) * [Gravity Forms](https://gravityforms.com/) * [Jetpack](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/) * [WPML](https://wpml.org) * [NextGEN Gallery](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/) * [Image Widget](https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-widget/) * [MailChimp for WordPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/) * [The Events Calendar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/) * [MailPoet Newsletters](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters) * [Elementor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/) ### Widgets Control Pro Our [Widgets Control Pro](https://www.itthinx.com/shop/widgets-control-pro/) provides additional features: * Conditions based on the viewed **post type**. For example, show a widget only on posts with `[type:post]` or only on product pages with `[type:product]` * Show or hide widgets on full **page hierarchies**, where conditions are based on a parent page and all its child pages: `some-page/*` * Show or hide widgets based on user **roles**. For example, show a widget to subscribers and customers only: `[role:subscriber,customer]` * Show or hide widgets based on a user’s **group membership** with [Groups](https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/). For example, show a widget only to registered users with `[group:Registered]` or show a widget only to users in a Premium group using `[group:Premium]` * Show or hide widgets for archive pages of a specific post type. For example, `[ archive:product]` can be used to show widgets for the WooCommerce shop page and product archives only. * Allows to specify exclusions. For example, to show a widget only on pages, but exclude it from being shown on one or more specific pages. * Provides additional **sidebar features** that allow to define any number of ** custom sidebars**, flexible placement based on common locations, including above and below content, the comment form, menus and other sidebars, the `[widgets_control_sidebar]` shortcode to embed them in content on your pages and API functions to use them in your theme’s templates. ### प्रतिवचनम् Feedback is welcome! If you need help, have problems, want to leave feedback or want to provide constructive criticism, please do so here at the [Widgets Control](https://www.itthinx.com/plugins/widgets-control/) plugin page. Please try to solve problems there before you rate this plugin or say it doesn’t work. There goes a _lot_ of work into providing you with quality plugins! Please help with your feedback and we’re also grateful if you help spread the word about this plugin. **Thanks!** #### Twitter Follow [@itthinx](https://twitter.com/itthinx) on Twitter for updates on this and other plugins. ## Screenshots * [[ * Widget visibility example I. * [[ * Widget visibility example II. * [[ * Widget visibility example III. * [[ * Sidebar visibility example. * [[ * Shortcode usage examples to restrict sections of content. * [[ * [[ * [[ * [[ * [[ * [[ * [[ * [[ * [[ ## Installation #### Dashboard Log in as an administrator and go to **Plugins > Add New**. Type _Widgets Control_ in the search field and click _Search Plugins_, locate the _Widgets Control__ plugin by __itthinx_ and install it by clicking _Install Now_. Now _activate_ the plugin to have the widget placement features available. #### FTP You can install the plugin via FTP, see [Manual Plugin Installation](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Manual_Plugin_Installation). ## FAQ ### Where is the documentation for this plugin? You can find the documentation on the [Widgets Control](http://docs.itthinx.com/document/widgets-control/) documentation pages. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/267a589a2bc59b0abf90e8a8fd8a92602b038ff3c2db5cdd3277b631d29970fa? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Widgets Control OK](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widgets-control-ok/)󠁿 [edwin12345678](https://profiles.wordpress.org/edwin12345678/) August 7, 2022 Widgets Control OK ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f802ca66306f09845f872f27672b7957a52123767cce667e96072fc5dca4e43d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It is amazing .](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-is-amazing-12/)󠁿 [blackf0228](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blackf0228/) July 14, 2022 1 reply Very useful!! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/73542fe6a550c3924f5e5274b957380db51b926337d2f5b850b2d7eb85949b73? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[THX for this great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thx-for-this-great-plugin/)󠁿 [hikingtom](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hikingtom/) December 23, 2019 easy and direct access to widgets ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d7056fdf6a644a6d7b9cac7eca9fdf47fac6556d78af57e50ffa3e6d2a35dafd? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very useful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-1881/)󠁿 [jakirhossainb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jakirhossainb/) April 7, 2019 I am really grateful to WordPress. Its very useful for me. Nice site. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb00864d5bde879ef2c1e2882ecc243abf4924cb9ba2e3ee12ba6cbadc4253cc? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Love this plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/love-this-plugin-713/)󠁿 [Anticosti](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anticosti/) November 10, 2018 A must use plugin. Good job! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e1611a346433cba08fb4a1f22b92a62b984f8cfd9da77434dd41fb797fdedd0? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Don’t Know How Good It Is](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-know-how-good-it-is/)󠁿 [Bruce](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sliderbugger/) September 22, 2018 Just doing review so the damn thang will go the Hell away off my admin page. [ Read all 14 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widgets-control/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Widgets Control” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ itthinx ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/itthinx/) * [ Kento ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/proaktion/) “Widgets Control” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/widgets-control/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Widgets Control” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/widgets-control) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widgets-control/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/widgets-control/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/widgets-control/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/widgets-control/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog See the full [changelog](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/widgets-control/trunk/changelog.txt) for details. ## Meta * Version **3.0.0** * Last updated **4 months ago** * Active installations **800+** * WordPress version ** 6.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-control/) and [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-control/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/widgets-control) * Tags * [context](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/context/)[sidebar](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar/) [theme](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/theme/)[visibility](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/visibility/) [widget](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/) * [Advanced View](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-control/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars. * [ 12 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widgets-control/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 2 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widgets-control/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widgets-control/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widgets-control/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widgets-control/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widgets-control/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widgets-control/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ itthinx ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/itthinx/) * [ Kento ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/proaktion/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widgets-control/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.itthinx.com/shop/widgets-control-pro/)