# Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin

> Display new sidebars on any post, page, category etc. Works with Classic Widgets, Block Widgets, and all themes!

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:32 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `content-aware-sidebars`
- Author: Joachim Jensen
- Version: 3.21.4
- Active installs: 30,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-23 (21 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.8, PHP 7.4
- Tags: bbPress, classic widgets, custom sidebars, sidebar, widget
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-aware-sidebars/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 21 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2023-07-18 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get (up to 3.19). WF-5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e-494, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e?source=api-prod
- 2022-03-04 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization Checks (before 3.17.2). WF-39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42-285, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42?source=api-prod
- 2019-02-25 HIGH: Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update (before 3.8.1). WF-3fda31fa-efc9-44b9-99ba-9e3e23aa2ee0-65, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3fda31fa-efc9-44b9-99ba-9e3e23aa2ee0?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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