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Widgets on Pages v1.9.0

The easiest, and highest rated way to Add Widgets to Posts and/or Pages. Create unlimited dynamic sidebars (widget areas) and insert these into a WordPress post or page. Create as many widget areas (T...

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  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 12, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 12, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

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

  • Requires WordPress 2.8+
  • Tested up to WP 6.1.1 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 65% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

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

  • 72 Passed
  • 41 Warnings
  • 12 Failed
Security 54/100
Needs Improvement

20 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 59/100
Needs Improvement

36 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 67/100
Needs Improvement

8 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 100/100
Excellent

3 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 17/100
Poor

1 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

884.7 KB

3.1 MB unzipped

Total files

188

across all file types

Lines of PHP

55,480

in 143 files Large

File types

  • PHP
  • CSS
  • MO
  • JS
  • Other

Top issues

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

  • 4 Critical
  • 590 High
  • 201 Medium
  • 225 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 25 audited versions of Widgets on Pages, The largest regression was in Accessibility (-83). The codebase grew 106592% in size.

Audited 0.0.1 → 1.7 · 25 versions

0 50 100 0.0.1 0.0.11 1.3 1.7

How issues changed across versions

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

0 513 1025 0.0.1 0.0.11 1.3 1.7

Download momentum

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

Last 7 days

212

downloads

Today

35

downloads

Week over week

+12%

vs previous week

Month over month

+11%

vs previous month

Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: High.

Version intelligence

35% of installs run an older version

≈ 7.1K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v0.0
  • v1.4
  • v1.8
  • v1.9

Ratings

161 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 145
  • 4 4
  • 3 5
  • 2 0
  • 1 7

Support: 0 / 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

21 mo ago

Jul 3, 2023

Looks abandoned

Release cadence

~ every 26 days

average between releases

Total releases

25

since Apr 2010 · 16 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Widgets on Pages in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Widgets on Pages v1.9.0 flagged 1,020 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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