Title: Custom Sidebars by ProteusThemes
Author: ProteusThemes
Published: <strong>July 22, 2016</strong>
Last modified: September 19, 2022

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# Custom Sidebars by ProteusThemes

 By [ProteusThemes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/proteusthemes/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes.1.0.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes/)

## Description

Replace the theme default sidebars with your newly created sidebars.

This plugin was forked from the [Custom Sidebars plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-sidebars/),
which we used for a few years, but their plugin development stalled, so we were 
forced to create this plugin. We really appreciate the work of developers of the
original plugin!

This plugin allows you to create your own custom sidebars, configure them by adding
widgets, and replace the default sidebars on posts or pages you want in just few
clicks.

Here is the tl;dr list of the differences from original source:

 * Compatibility with the latest stable PHP version (namely PHP 7.0+).
 * Removed the “archive pages” functionality – replacing the custom sidebars on 
   archive pages is not possible (e.g. on certain categories).
 * Open-sourced development on [GitHub](https://github.com/proteusthemes/custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes).
   Issue reports and pull requests welcome!
 * Covered with PHP unit tests.
 * Fixed couple of JavaScript errors.
 * Removed WP admin pointer.
 * Modern workflow with Grunt and Bower.
 * Removed heavy advertising.

### Contact and Credits

This plugin is being developed by [ProtuesThemes](https://www.proteusthemes.com/).

The original plugin: Custom sidebars is maintained and developed by [WPMU DEV](http://premium.wpmudev.org).
Original development completed by [Javier Marquez](http://marquex.es/).

## Installation

There are two ways of installing the plugin:

**From inside your WordPress installation, in the plugin section.**

 1. Search for _Custom Sidebars by ProteusThemes_ plugin.
 2. Download it and then active it.

**From this page.**

 1. Download the plugin, extract the zip file,
 2. Upload the `custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes` folder to your `/wp-content/plugins/`
    directory,
 3. Active the plugin in the plugin menu panel in your administration area.

The settings for custom sidebars are available in _Appearance -> Widgets_

## FAQ

This section will be added when questions arise.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Custom Sidebars by ProteusThemes” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ ProteusThemes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/proteusthemes/)
 *   [ Gregor Capuder ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/capuderg/)
 *   [ Primoz Cigler ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cyman/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.3

 * Fixed PHP 8 compatibility issues
 * Tested with WP 6.0.2

#### 1.0.2

 * Tested with WP 5.4.1

#### 1.0.1

 * Fixed PHP warning on unsupported post types (attachment pages by default).

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial plugin version.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.3**
 *  Last updated **4 years ago**
 *  Active installations **1,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.0.13**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes/)
 * Tags
 * [custom](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom/)[custom sidebars](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-sidebars/)
   [sidebar](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar/)[sidebars](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebars/)
   [widgets](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widgets/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-sidebars-by-proteusthemes/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ ProteusThemes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/proteusthemes/)
 *   [ Gregor Capuder ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/capuderg/)
 *   [ Primoz Cigler ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cyman/)

## Support

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