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Classic Widgets
Enables the previous "classic" widgets settings screens in Appearance - Widgets and the Customizer. Disables the block editor from managing widgets.
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- 4.9 (272)
- Updated
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Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets
Widget Options gives you super powers to control your site’s sidebar widgets and all Gutenberg blocks on pages, posts & other custom post types.
- Active installs
- 100,000+
- #380 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 4.5M
- 4,536,409
- Downloads, 30 days
- 68.5K
- 59.4K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.9 / 5
- 1,516 reviews
- Last updated
- 5 days ago
- Oct 26, 2026
- Version
- 4.2.6.1
- 55 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | October 26, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.0.8Older than WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 5.6 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.4 or newer |
| First published | February 8, 2016 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 1 threads resolved (0%) |
Reviews
4.9 / 5 from 1,516 reviews
| 5 stars | 1,445 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 29 |
| 3 stars | 7 |
| 2 stars | 7 |
| 1 star | 28 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Widget Options gives you super powers to control your site’s sidebar widgets and all Gutenberg blocks on pages & posts.
👉 Over 2,700,000+ downloads
👉 Average rating of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.9 stars
👉 Reduce plugin bloat. Widgets AND Gutenberg block control in one plugin
Widget Options expands Widget & Gutenberg block settings with feature-packed options so you can completely manage and control their visibility, appearance, and behavior. Show or hide content depending on user roles, devices, dates, URL…and more!
✨ INSIDER TIP: ✨ Power users love the Pro version—unlock conditional logic, animation effects, sticky widgets, custom styling, and dozens of advanced controls to make your blocks and widgets do exactly what you want.
Take Full Control over your WordPress Widgets & Gutenberg Blocks
Widget Options’ suite of controls makes it simple to achieve all of the following:
✅ EASILY MANAGE WIDGET & GUTENBERG BLOCK VISIBILITY ON YOUR WORDPRESS SITE
Effortlessly manage visibility and access across different pages, posts, and categories with the Widget Options plugin.With intuitive search or checkbox selections, customize your site’s layout for categories, tags, custom post types, and more, ensuring your widgets and blocks appear exactly where you want them!
✅ SHOW OR HIDE WIDGETS OR BLOCKS ON MOBILE DEVICES, DESKTOP AND/OR TABLET
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
How do I begin working with this plugin?
After Widget Options plugin activation you’ll get welcome message with detailed video instructions to get started. Then go to Settings > Widget Options to enable/disable the features you want. Then go to Appearance > Widgets and start optimising your widgets!
How do I add set of predefined custom CSS classes for widgets?
Easy! Simply go to Settings > Widget Options and on Classes & ID module click Configure Settings then you can add your predefined CSS classes for your widgets.
What widgets are supported?
All of them! Yes, we haven’t come across any single non-working widgets yet.
How’s the speed and loading time compare to other plugins?
Widget Options is a featured pack fully lightweight plugin. Using Query Monitor plugin you’ll find that the plugin doesn’t load too much queries and doesn’t affect your website’s loading time. You can check more information how optimized Widget Options is here.
Where do I report security bugs found in this plugin?
Please report security bugs found in the source code of the Widget Options plugin through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify the developers of this plugin.
Latest changelog entry
- Fixed: Deprecated warning message when Hide Widget Title is enabled
Screenshots
Widgets Visibility Options in WP Customizer 
Device Visibility Options 
Block Widget Editor Enabled 
Gutenberg Page and Post Block
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.