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Restrict Widgets

v1.3.1
by dFactory · 4.8 (36 reviews)

All in one widgets and sidebars management in WordPress. Allows you to hide or display widgets on specified pages and restrict access for users.

5K+ active installs Updated Nov 28, 2017 Tested to 4.7.29
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About Restrict Widgets

Restrict Widgets is a WordPress plugin that allows you to easily control where each widget appears on your website, avoiding the need for multiple sidebars. You can also restrict access to certain widgets and widget options for selected users. The plugin is compatible with multisite setups and includes translations for several languages.

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Changelog

1.3.1

  • New: Categories and Tags available in Taxonomy selection
  • Tweak: Removed local translation files in favor of WP repository translations.

1.3.0

  • New: Customizer support
  • New: Dedicated options page
  • Tweak: Switched from Chosen.js to Select2 script
  • Tweak: General code cleanup

1.2.9

1.2.8

1.2.7

  • Fix: Enable display/hide on any single page
  • Tweak: Change post type archive detection from get_post_type() to get_query_var

1.2.6.1

  • Fix: Page hide/display settings broken after 1.2.6 update

1.2.6

1.2.5

  • Tweak: UI improvements
  • Tweak: jQuery chosen updated to 1.2.0

1.2.4

  • Tweak: Widget options interface adjustments
  • Tweak: Confirmed WP 4.0 compatibility

1.2.3

  • Fix: Language options not accessible for WPML and Polylang

1.2.2

  • Tweak: UI fixes for WP 3.8

1.2.1

  • Fix: tags not working properly
  • Tweak: UI fixes for WP 3.8

1.2.0

  • New: Multisite support
  • New: Option to hide / show widget depending on the device (mobile or not)
  • New: bbPress specific options for hide / show widget
  • Fix: get_class error on widgets not using Widgets API
  • Fix: Logged-in or out users option not working properly

1.1.4

  • New: Introducing rw_option_display_name filter hook
  • Tweak: WPML not displaying page names in default site language

1.1.3

  • New: Czech translation by Martin Kucera

1.1.2

  • New: Option to modify the is_active_sidebar() function to use Restrict Widgets display settings
  • Fix: Compatibility fix for WordPress 3.6

1.1.1

  • Tweak: Optimized rw_display_widget() filter
  • New: Chinese translation by Changmeng Hu

1.1.0

  • Fix: Show on selected not working in some cases
  • Fix: Restricting on user_logged_in/out
  • Fix: Restricting for Polylang and WPML languages
  • New: Introducing filter rw_display_widget()

1.0.1

  • Fix: Widget options not saving if no options selected

1.0

Initial release

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