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Simplifies WordPress widget admin screen. Select one sidebar for management at a time to maintain widget sanity.

Sane Widget Sidebar Management

If you have ever needed to accommodate a client's request to have separate sidebar widget areas for many sections of the site, you understand the need for this plugin.

This plugin alleviates the pain of having many sidebar widget areas by hiding all but one (that is selectable via a dropdown). Gone are the days of trying to drag a new widget from the left column to a widget area at the bottom of the right column (ugh!).

There is no configuration for this plugin.


  1. New and hawt.

New Widget Area Dropdown

  1. Old and busted.

Old and busted

  1. Widget area scrolls with you. No more trying to drag outside of the viewing area.

Widget area scrolls with you


Plugin Details:
  • Contributors: jtsternberg, webdevstudios
  • Plugin Name: Sane Widget Sidebar Management
  • Plugin URI: http://webdevstudios.com
  • Tags: widget, widget area, widgets, admin, sidebar, sidebars, wp-admin
  • Author: WebDevStudios
  • Author URI: http://webdevstudios.com
  • Requires at least: 3.3
  • Tested up to: 3.6
  • Stable tag: 1.0.1
  • Version: 1.0.1
  • License: GPLv2 or later
  • License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html