How to Show Different Sidebars on Specific Pages?

Question

I'm making a blog where only on specific pages I want to show different sidebar, I will add some widgets to those sidebar, which I don't want to show in default sidebar.

I've found a coding method to do this, but I would like to use a plugin, and not edit code myself.

I need to give the control of adding/removing sidebar/widgets in client hands.

So is there any plug-in to do this easily?

Answer 1

A client of mine recently used a plug-in similar to Widget Context to accomplish this.

Rather than create different sidebars you just define what contexts you want your widgets to show up in. So if you have a set of widgets you want to show up on a specific page, you mark them to only show up on that page. But it allows you to continue using widgets that show up on every page/post if you want.

The convenience of this plug-in is that you don't have to code anything, and it's got a fairly intuitive UI you can put in the hands of your own clients.

Answer 2

I prefer widget logic over widget context. However, I can't recall the reason of it.

Answer 3

Here's a plugin I just published called the Graceful Sidebar Plugin. This enables you to create custom content for each page or post. You simply create two custom fields in the page or post called "graceful_title" and "graceful_content" and drag the graceful sidebar widget to your theme's sidebar.

Answer 4

You can also try Display Widgets, it gives you a drop down list with the pages and other areas that you want your widget(s) to be displayed.

Answer 5

Note that the tutorial you linked to is for the Genesis Framework. If using Genesis, you can use Simple Sidebars.