Content Aware Sidebars vs Easy Custom Sidebars
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Content Aware Sidebars ranks #999 on the popular list; Easy Custom Sidebars is outside the top 500 we capture daily. Content Aware Sidebars has the largest install base, roughly 3× the next: 30K+ active installs against 10K+ for Easy Custom Sidebars. Downloads this week: Content Aware Sidebars 2,411 and Easy Custom Sidebars 49. Ratings: Content Aware Sidebars 4.9★ from 724 and Easy Custom Sidebars 4.1★ from 40 reviews.
| Metric | Content Aware Sidebars | Easy Custom Sidebars |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #999 ▬ | outside top 500 |
| Active installs | 30K+ | 10K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 2,411 | 49 |
| Rating | 4.9★ (724) | 4.1★ (40) |
| Last updated | Oct 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2021 |
| Current version | 3.21.4 | 2.0.1 |
| Best rank on record | #994 | #1,930 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Aug 2011 | Sep 2014 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
Active installs
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Content Aware Sidebars or Easy Custom Sidebars?
By active installs, Content Aware Sidebars: 30K+ sites run it against 10K+ for Easy Custom Sidebars, according to WordPress.org figures captured on November 6, 2026.
Are Content Aware Sidebars or Easy Custom Sidebars alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.