aug 12 2011
Flexible Widgets for WordPress
Flexible Widgets is a plugin for WordPress that makes it possible to display a widget on selected categories and/or pages.

The Flexible Widgets plugin lets you display a widget on any category or page you wish. When setting up the widget, you are able to select the categories and/or pages where you want to display the widget. If none are selected, the widget will be displayed globally on your site, exactly like a default WordPress widget.
The plugin comes in handy if you need your sidebar content to change contextually from page to page in relation to your main content. It is especially useful if you want to use WordPress as a CMS.
Flexible Widgets will replace the default WordPress widgets.
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Installation
- Upload the
flexible-widgetsfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
or search for “Flexible Widgets” in the “Add new” section of the plugins menu in your WordPress admin interface and hit “Install now”.
Change log
0.3
- Fixes an issue: Optionally display widgets on the home page, whether it is set up to be a static page or the blog posts page.
0.2
- Tiny update to get the plugin and author URIs right.
- Update on the installation info.
0.1
- Brand new plugin. Still playing with the bubble wrap.
Known issues
May conflict with themes or plugins which include custom widgets.
Please see the plugin support forum.
Additional information
The Flexible Widgets plugin consists of a bunch of ideas and lines of code, I wrote for the WordPress theme in use at the website of Horsens Public Library.
This is my first plugin for WordPress. I am sure, there is room for improvement. The code is far from perfect as my programming skills are somewhat limited. But I do think the idea is quite good, so if you can write lean code and are desperately in need of a small side project, you should be very welcome to help me out.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave a reply.
