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Content Aware Sidebars - Fastest Widget Area Plugin

by Joachim Jensen · 30,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Content Aware Sidebars - Fastest Widget Area Plugin is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

89/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Content Aware Sidebars - Fastest Widget Area Plugin
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security90
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
intoxstudio3 Aug 2011 to 23 Oct 2026, 287 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
12 days ago
Releases, 24 months
5
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Content Aware Sidebars - Fastest Widget Area Plugin
Q1 20249
Q2 20241
Q3 20243
Q4 20241
Q1 20251
Q2 20250
Q3 20251
Q4 20251
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20261

Last release 23 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

0% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
18 Jul 2023Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get6.1<= 3.193.19.1416
4 Mar 2022Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks6.3< 3.17.23.17.20
25 Feb 2019Freemius SDK <= 2.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update8.8< 3.8.13.8.1408

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating per quarter for Content Aware Sidebars - Fastest Widget Area Plugin
Q4 20235.0
Q1 20245.0
Q2 20243.7
Q3 20245.0
Q4 20245.0
Q1 20255.0
Q2 20255.0
Q3 20255.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q4 2023 and Q3 2025.

Rating distribution
5 star689
4 star17
3 star2
2 star4
1 star12
Latest low reviews

Momentum

30,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Content Aware Sidebars - Fastest Widget Area Plugin
4 May 2026323
11 May 2026667
18 May 2026624
25 May 2026571
1 Jun 2026522
8 Jun 2026533
15 Jun 2026514
22 Jun 2026473
29 Jun 2026465
6 Jul 2026454
13 Jul 2026489
20 Jul 2026590
27 Jul 2026545
3 Aug 2026511
10 Aug 2026512
17 Aug 2026504
24 Aug 2026529
31 Aug 2026515
7 Sep 2026484
14 Sep 2026534
21 Sep 2026538
28 Sep 2026530
5 Oct 2026537
12 Oct 2026478
19 Oct 202613,365
26 Oct 20265,245
2 Nov 2026394

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 318% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

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Facts

Version3.21.4
AuthorJoachim Jensen
Added3 Aug 2011
Last updated23 Oct 2026
Active installs30,000+
Requires WordPress5.8
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategorySite Administration & Utilities > Site Migration & Cloning
Tagswidget, bbPress, sidebar, classic widgets, custom sidebars

Other plugins by this author: Restrict User Access - Ultimate Membership & Content Protection, Page Sidebar for Twenty Seventeen, Sectors - Conditional Templates & Hooks

Questions

Is Content Aware Sidebars - Fastest Widget Area Plugin still maintained?

Content Aware Sidebars - Fastest Widget Area Plugin was last updated on 23 Oct 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Content Aware Sidebars - Fastest Widget Area Plugin safe?

Content Aware Sidebars - Fastest Widget Area Plugin has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Content Aware Sidebars - Fastest Widget Area Plugin?

The wordpress.org author is Joachim Jensen. Recent committers: intoxstudio, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Content Aware Sidebars - Fastest Widget Area Plugin?

Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor, Custom Login Page Customizer, Block Visibility - Conditional Visibility Control for the Block Editor, Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles - Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability, CMS Tree Page View - Reorder Pages with a Drag-and-Drop Tree.

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