Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager vs XV Random Quotes

Manage and replace sidebars and other classic widget areas on your site with Custom Sidebars, a flexible widget area manager. Make custom sidebar configurations and be able to choose what classic widgets display on each page or post of your site. Need to make a widget sticky or fixed? Try our free WP Sticky Anything plugin. Custom Sidebars works ONLY with the classic widgets screen that was used in WordPress before version 5.8. If you want to use it with version 5.8 (and above) you have to install the official Classic Widgets plugin, or enable the classic widgets interface yourself. Once the classic widgets screen is activated the plugin will work the same as before. Having problems setting up SSL or generating an SSL certificate? Install the free WP Force SSL plugin. Display Different Sidebars on Pages and Posts Custom Sidebars allows you to dynamically display custom widget configurations on any page, post, category, post type, or archive page. ★★★★★ “Custom Sidebars will go on my “essential plugins” list from now on. I am pleased by how easy it was to figure out and by how many options are available in the free version.” – monkeyhateclean ★★★★★ “This plugin does exactly what it says. It’s light, integrates well into WordPress and gives you tons of possibilities.” – DarkNova Every part of Custom Sidebars integrates seamlessly with the Widgets menu for simplicity and control. No confusing settings pages or added menu items, just simple core integration. A Simple Flexible Sidebar Manager ** Custom Sidebars Includes: ** * Unlimited custom widget configurations * Set custom widgets for individual posts and pages, categories, post types, and archives * Seamless integration with the WordPress Widgets menu * Works with well-coded themes and doesn’t slow down your site * Set individual widget visibility – for guests, by user role, by post type, for special pages or categories * Author specific sidebars – display a custom sidebar for each of your authors * Clone and sync widget settings – quickly edit complex configurations * Import and export custom sidebars – backup and share sidebars Install Custom Sidebars and see for yourself why it’s the most popular widget extension plugin available for WordPress with over 200,000 active installs. Contact and Credits Original development completed by Javier Marquez.

XV Random Quotes helps you collect and display random quotes everywhere on your WordPress site. Built with modern WordPress standards using Custom Post Types, Gutenberg blocks, and the REST API. 🎯 Modern WordPress Integration Custom Post Type – Quotes are managed as native WordPress posts with full revision history Gutenberg Blocks – Three dedicated blocks: Random Quote, Specific Quote, and List Quotes REST API – Access quotes programmatically for headless WordPress and custom integrations Taxonomy Support – Organize quotes with categories and authors (with URL support) Block Editor – Full support with dedicated meta boxes for quote content and source ✨ Key Features Multiple Display Methods – Widgets, shortcodes, template tags, and Gutenberg blocks AJAX-Powered Widgets – Automatic quote rotation without page reload (configurable timer) Category Filtering – Display quotes from specific categories or all quotes Author Management – Track quote authors with optional URL links Flexible Ordering – Random or sequential quote display Native Styling Toggle – Use plugin’s default styling or your theme’s styles Complete Backward Compatibility – All legacy shortcodes and template tags still work 📦 Display Options Gutenberg Blocks: Random Quote Block – Display one or more random quotes Specific Quote Block – Show a particular quote by ID List Quotes Block – Paginated list of quotes with filtering Widgets: Sidebar widget with AJAX refresh and category filtering Shortcodes: [stray-random], [stray-id], [stray-all] for posts and pages Template Tags: stray_random_quote(), stray_a_quote() for theme integration REST API: /wp-json/xv-random-quotes/v1/quote/random for custom integrations 🔄 Automatic Migration Upgrading from v1.x? The plugin automatically detects the need of migrating your existing quotes to the new Custom Post Type system. The migration is always manual to prevent race conditions and duplicate imports. When the plugin is activated or updated, an admin notice prompts the user to start the migration via a button. The migration then processes quotes in batches via AJAX. 🎨 Customization Customize HTML wrappers (before/after quote, author, source) Control author and source link formatting AJAX loading messages and animations Native WordPress styling or custom CSS See RELEASE_NOTES.md for complete v2.0 features and migration guide. Credits For main development of Stray Quotes, Ico For Multi-widget functionality, Millian’s tutorial For help in developing user-end AJAX functionality, AgentSmith For search functionality and bugfixing, Sergey Sirotkin Localization German, thanks to Markus Griesbach Chinese, thanks to WGMking Croatian, thanks to Rajic Danish, thanks to Georg Actually, these translations are not updated to the latest version. I am looking for new localizers, all languages welcome! Please note: the best way to submit new or updated translations is to send me a direct link to the localization files in the contact page of my website. This way the files are made available to the users sooner, and without waiting for a new release. Please note: If you want to create a localized copy of XV Random Quotes, consider skipping the help page and translate the rest. This will save you quite some time. The help page has a lot of text. Known Issues None currently reported for v2.0. If you find an issue, please report it on GitHub.