Title: Virtual Sidebar
Author: athenaofdelphi
Published: <strong>October 30, 2010</strong>
Last modified: December 20, 2012

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Virtual Sidebar

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/virtual-sidebar.0.1.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/virtual-sidebar/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/virtual-sidebar/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/virtual-sidebar/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/virtual-sidebar/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/virtual-sidebar/)

## Description

Virtual Sidebar is a plugin by Christina Louise Warne (aka. AthenaOfDelphi). It 
is designed to allow users to include widgets in post content by way of ‘virtual’
sidebars. Each virtual sidebar can have widgets added to it using the widget manager
and can then be included in a post using the short code [vs id=””].

For detailed information about this plugin and how it works, check out it’s wiki
page at [Athena’s Wiki](http://athena.outer-reaches.com/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:wpvs:home).

### License

Virtual Siderbar, a plugin for WordPress, (C) 2010-12 by Christina Louise Warne,
is licensed under the [GNU General Public License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html).

Virtual Sidebar is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Virtual Sidebar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but **without
any warranty**; without even the implied warranty of **merchantability** or **fitness
for a particular purpose**. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Virtual
Sidebar. If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Virtual sidebar configuration options

## Installation

Installing this plugin, is just like installing any other WordPress plugin.

 1. Download Virtual Sidebar
 2. Extract the `/virtual-sidebar/` folder from the archive
 3. Upload this folder to `../wp-contents/plugins/`
 4. Activate the plugin in _Dashboard > Plugins_
 5. Customize from the _Plugins > Virtual Siderbar_ menu

For more information about plugins and installing them, please review the [managing plugins](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins)
section of the WordPress Codex.

## FAQ

  What does this plugin do?

Virtual Sidebar allows you to create sidebars that can contain widgets. These sidebars
can then be inserted into posts/pages using a simple shortcode.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Virtual Sidebar” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ athenaofdelphi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/athenaofdelphi/)

[Translate “Virtual Sidebar” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/virtual-sidebar)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 0.1.2

 * Updated to reflect compatibility with WordPress 3.5

#### 0.1.1

 * Original release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1.2**
 *  Last updated **13 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.5.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/virtual-sidebar/)
 * Tags
 * [multiple](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multiple/)[short](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/short/)
   [sidebar](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar/)[virtual](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/virtual/)
   [widget](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/virtual-sidebar/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ athenaofdelphi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/athenaofdelphi/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/virtual-sidebar/)

## Donate

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