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Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager v3.38

Flexible sidebars for custom classic widget configurations on any page or post. Create custom sidebars with ease!

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  • Audit coverage Up to date 30 versions audited
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 4, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 4, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 5.6+
  • Requires WordPress 4.6+
  • Tested up to WP 7.1 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 61% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 81 Passed
  • 35 Warnings
  • 9 Failed
Security 68/100
Needs Improvement

25 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 64/100
Needs Improvement

39 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 75/100
Needs Improvement

9 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 83/100
Good

5 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 33/100
Poor

1 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 33/100
Poor

2 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

989.5 KB

2.3 MB unzipped

Total files

110

across all file types

Lines of PHP

13,847

in 36 files Medium

File types

  • PHP
  • CSS
  • PNG
  • JS
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 2 Critical
  • 95 High
  • 94 Medium
  • 156 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager, Performance improved the most (+25). No category regressed over this span. The codebase grew 14% in size.

Audited 3.0.1 → 3.38 · 30 versions

0 50 100 3.0.1 3.0.9 3.2.2 3.38

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 375 750 3.0.1 3.0.9 3.2.2 3.38

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

1,054

downloads

Today

165

downloads

Week over week

−9%

vs previous week

Month over month

+5%

vs previous month

Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: Low.

Version intelligence

39% of installs run an older version

≈ 38.7K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v3.2
  • v3.36
  • v3.38

Ratings

1,028 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 903
  • 4 52
  • 3 10
  • 2 14
  • 1 49

Support: 1 / 1 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

May 21, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 20 days

average between releases

Total releases

33

since Mar 2017 · 9 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Custom Sidebars in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Custom Sidebars v3.38 flagged 347 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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