Genesis Simple Sidebars

About Genesis Simple Sidebars

This plugin makes it easy for beginners to create and assign multiple widget areas to sidebar locations within the Genesis Framework. You can do this from a simple administration menu and easily assign widget areas to specific posts, pages, or tag/category archives using drop-down menus.

Frequently asked questions

What does this plugin do?

This plugin allows you to create multiple, dynamic widget areas, and assign those widget areas to sidebar locations within the Genesis Framework on a per post, per page, or per tag/category archive basis.

Is creating widget areas programmatically difficult?

Creating widget areas programmatically, then using conditional logic to properly assign them to sidebar locations can be a complex task for a beginner.

How does this plugin simplify the process?

This plugin allows you to do all this from a simple administration menu, and assign widget areas to sidebar locations with simple drop-down menus within the post/page edit screens, or when editing a tag or category.

Changelog

2.2.3

Prevent a PHP fatal error under PHP 8.x if incomplete sidebar data exists.
Fix a PHP deprecation warning under PHP 8.x.
Fix Genesis download link in admin notice if a Genesis child theme is not active.

2.2.2

Fix overlapping of sidebar selector in editor.

2.2.1

Allow sidebars to show in the WordPress Posts page.

2.2.0

Fixed coding standards errors.
Introduced coding standards validation.

2.1.0

Rewrite based on new plugin boilerplate.
Make ID field readonly, rather than disabled.
Add header widget area support.
Allow for empty ID (auto-generate ID from name).
Allow for only alphanumeric characters in ID.
Use WordPress native term meta functions.

2.0.3

Fix warnings and notices.

2.0.2

Change text domain, update POT file.

2.0.1

Genesis 2.0.1 compatibility with term meta keys.
Use actual sidebar name, instead of hard coded names.
Fix incorrect textdomain.

2.0.0

Compatibility with Genesis 2.0.0.
Standards.

1.0.0

Reorganize theme files.
Standards

0.9.2.1

Restore default tag/category support.
Default custom taxonomy support to on for public taxonomies.
Remove secondary selection when no 3 column layouts are enabled.

0.9.2

Added support for custom taxonomies.
Added translation support.
bug fix to prevent invalid sidebar creation.

0.9.1

Added support for custom post types.

0.9

Fixed “is not array” errors reported by users.
Added nonce verification for security purposes.
Added error and success messages.
Bump to pre-release 0.9 branch.

0.1

Initial Alpha Release.