Title: Widget Context Author: Kaspars Published: July 16, 2009 Last modified: August 31, 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/widget-context/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1919865) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/widget-context/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1919865) # Widget Context By [Kaspars](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kasparsd/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/widget-context.1.3.3.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-context/) ## Description Use [Widget Context](https://widgetcontext.com) to show and hide widgets on certain sections of your site — front page, posts, pages, archives, search, etc. Use targeting by URLs (with wildcard support) for maximum flexibility. #### Premium Support Subscribe to our [Premium Support service](https://widgetcontext.com/pro) and get the PRO 🚀 version of the plugin for free when it’s launched! Your support enables consistent maintenance and new feature development, and is greatly appreciated. #### Contribute * Suggest code improvements [on GitHub](https://github.com/kasparsd/widget-context-wporg). * Report bugs and suggestions on [WordPress.org forums](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-context). * [Help translate](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/widget-context) to your language. #### Documentation Widget visibility can be configured under individual widget settings under “Appearance Widgets” in your WordPress administration area or through the widget editing interface in the Customizer. #### Target by URL The “Target by URL” is a powerful feature for targeting sections of your website based on the request URLs. It was inspired by a similar feature in the [Drupal CMS](https://www.drupal.org). Use relative URLs such as `page/sub-page` instead of absolute URLs `https://example. com/page/sub-page` because relative URLs are more flexible and make the logic portable between different domains and server environments. #### Wildcards Use the wildcard symbol `*` for matching dynamic parts of the URL. For example: * `topic/widgets/*` to match all posts in the widgets category, if your permalink structure is set to `/topic/%category%/%postname%`. * `page-slug/*` to match all child pages of the page-slug parent page. * Use a trailing `?*` to capture URL with all query arguments such as `utm_source`, etc. For example, for every `blog/post-slug` also include `blog/post-slug?*`. #### Exclude by URL Specify URLs to ignore even if they’re matched by any of the other context rules. For example, enter `example/sub-page` to hide a widget on this page even when “All Posts” is selected under “Global Sections”. ## Screenshots * [[ * Widget Context settings at the bottom of every widget * [[ * Widget Context plugin settings ## Installation * Search for **Widget Context** under “Plugins Add New” in your WordPress dashboard. * Widget Context settings will appear automatically under **each widget** under“ Appearance Widgets”. * Visit “Settings Widget Context” to configure the available widget visibility contexts. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/579fb532a092421fb3a9b6cf77d622829b88c7995dc161269f79bca5b1744ec7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not Working Anymore, Not Supported](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-anymore-not-supported/)󠁿 [1badrose](https://profiles.wordpress.org/1badrose/) September 5, 2024 1 reply It was an awesome plugin, too bad it isn’t working anymore and you get no support. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9aca140152b9c85d6e2ea7334bcd2adce65ac7bb175e3a8f5ec28492f402ca71? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[A MUST for every installation of WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-must-for-every-installation-of-wordpress/)󠁿 [dimal](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dimalifragis/) January 28, 2022 This is a great plugin, works as expected and you can’t be without it. I would give a ten star if i could. Thank you for the plugin. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/de9eb538cea8ef2d1df0e88c28a95a70424d7240c3a03f07b6a58b3579c7cc1c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Easy to use](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-to-use-294/)󠁿 [maxxtrosweden](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maxxtrosweden/) December 1, 2021 Does what is says. Very good. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/260389314f9826dfa08e78a1ccc14bfd971cf04e3725a454b13e8e12523700e8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent but Not Playing Well With the New Gutenberg Widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-but-not-playing-well-with-the-new-gutenberg-widget/)󠁿 [JomJalan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lelaiskandar/) October 26, 2021 This is an excellent plugin for controlling where your widget appears. Unfortunately it does not work well with the new Gutenberg Widget. For example, when you select the option for Show Wwidget on Selected, it no longer open a text field to insert your url. I hope Kaspars release an update soon. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ecd66fa89ae3e128fb6cb5bc801148b6cbcc3315b01e12c4a3525da1b98ee5ac? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[it does the job but](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-does-the-job-but-3/)󠁿 [tbaikamine](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tbaikamine/) July 16, 2021 it works. that’s the important thing however it’s a bit complicated to deal with I wanted to simply include a widget in specific pages but there is no such option you can only decide based on the post type. it’s surprising that selection based on page “slug” is not an option ! when it should be the most basic thing to use. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7a33eaec0674299b41c94074434399db048556dc803bdba09b6dce8e27eceac7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excelent!!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excelent-1180/)󠁿 [fernandokerber](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fernandokerber/) June 12, 2021 Excellent plugin! Solved a problem that was breaking my mind. Thanks! I recommend to everyone [ Read all 96 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-context/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Widget Context” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Kaspars ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kasparsd/) * [ James Collins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jamescollins/) “Widget Context” has been translated into 10 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/widget-context/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Widget Context” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/widget-context) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-context/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/widget-context/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/widget-context/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/widget-context/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.3.3 (August 31, 2024) * Mark as tested with WordPress 6.6 and PHP 8.2, see [#72](https://github.com/kasparsd/widget-context-wporg/pull/72). #### 1.3.2 (April 27, 2020) * Bugfix: Fix the Widget Context settings link in the widget controls after moving the settings under the “Appearance” menu for usability (closer to the widget settings). * Feature: Add a link to the plugin settings in the plugin admin list, too. #### 1.3.1 (April 24, 2020) * Bugfix: better support for URL rules with query parameters. #### 1.3.0 (April 23, 2020) * Introduce the long-awaited “Exclude by URL” feature to prevent certain URLs from showing or hiding a widget when it’s matched by any other visibility rule. * Introduce [premium support](https://widgetcontext.com/pro) to help maintain the plugin. Subscribe now to get the PRO version of the Widget Context for free when it’s launched! #### 1.2.0 (August 20, 2019) * Set PHP 5.6 as the minimum supported version of PHP to match WordPress core. * Developer tooling update: introduce PHP autoloading, PHP unit tests with proper mocking, linting for JS, switch to Docker inside a Vagrant wrapper for local development environment and update to the latest version of WordPress coding standards (see [#50](https://github.com/kasparsd/widget-context-wporg/pull/50)). #### 1.1.1 (June 9, 2019) * Mark as tested with WordPress 5.2. * Add test coverage reporting and remove [Debug Bar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar/) integration since it wasn’t complete. Refactor plugin structure to support dependency integration. See [#47](https://github.com/kasparsd/widget-context-wporg/pull/47). * Added local development environment, see [#48](https://github.com/kasparsd/widget-context-wporg/pull/48). #### 1.1.0 (June 13, 2018) * Fix URL matching for URLs with query strings. * Introduce unit tests for the URL context. #### 1.0.7 (June 5, 2018) * Mark as tested with WordPress 4.9.6. * Use the localisation service provided by [WP.org](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/widget-context). * Support for Composer. #### 1.0.6 (January 20, 2018) * Fix path to admin scripts and styles, props @tedgeving. * Mark as tested with WordPress 4.9.2. #### 1.0.5 (May 8, 2017) * Confirm the plugin works with the latest version of WordPress. * Add support for continuous testing via [wp-dev-lib](https://github.com/xwp/wp-dev-lib). #### 1.0.4 (May 6, 2016) * Confirm the plugin works with the latest version of WordPress. * Fix the PHP class constructor warning. * Move the widget context settings link. * Fix the initial context state in the customizer. #### 1.0.3 * Include Russian translation (Thanks Flector!). * Add textdomain to the remaining strings. * Enable debugging if [Debug Bar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar/) is available. #### 1.0.2 * Load available custom post types and taxonomies right before visibility checks to avoid PHP warnings. * Run visibility checks only after the main post query has run. Fixes issues with WooCommerce. * Load our CSS and Javascript files only on widget and customizer admin pages. #### 1.0.1 * Fix PHP warning in custom post type and taxonomy module. #### 1.0 * Public release of the 1.0 refactoring. #### 1.0-beta * Improved settings page. #### 1.0-alpha * Refactor code to allow custom widget context modules. #### 0.8.3 * Fix PHP warning that occurred on PHP 5.2.x. #### 0.8.2 * Improved SSL/HTTPS detection. * Fix: Ensure that is_active_sidebar() & is_dynamic_sidebar() don’t return true when there are no widgets displayed on a page. * Two new filters so that other plugins can override widget context display/visibility logic. #### 0.8.1 * Revert back to changing callback function in `$wp_registered_widgets` for attaching widget context setting controls. * Fix the word count logic. #### 0.8 * Major code rewrite and refactoring to improve performance and usability. * Fix bugs with URL targeting and empty lines in the “Target by URL” textarea. #### 0.7.2 * Fix PHP warnings/notices. Props to [James Collins](http://om4.com.au/). #### 0.7.1 * Confirm that the plugin works with the latest version of WP. #### 0.7 * Bug fix: check for active sidebars only after $paged has been set. #### 0.6 * Don’t check for used sidebars on each widget load. Allow absolute URLs in the URL check. #### 0.5 * Added distinction between is_front_page() and is_home(). Remove widgets from wp_get_sidebars_widgets() if they are not being displayed — this way you can check if a particular sidebar is empty. #### 0.4.5 * Widget output callback couldn’t determine the widget_id. #### 0.4.4 * Fixed widget control parameter transfer for widgets that don’t use the new widget api. #### 0.4.2 * Initial release on Plugin repository. ## Meta * Version **1.3.3** * Last updated **2 years ago** * Active installations **40,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.6.5** * PHP version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Languages * [Danish](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/), [Spanish (Colombia)](https://es-co.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/), [Spanish (Costa Rica)](https://es-cr.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/), [Spanish (Ecuador)](https://es-ec.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/), [Spanish (Mexico)](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/), and [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/widget-context) * Tags * [context](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/context/)[logic](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/logic/) [widget](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)[widget context](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget-context/) [widgets](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widgets/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.5 out of 5 stars. * [ 79 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-context/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 6 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-context/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 2 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-context/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-context/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 8 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-context/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-context/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-context/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Kaspars ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kasparsd/) * [ James Collins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jamescollins/) ## Support Got something to say? 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