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Widget Context
Master your widget layout until WooCommerce breaks the spell.
HealthyDeclining
79/100
Users enjoy the flexible URL targeting despite occasional issues with WooCommerce and support.
Active installs
~44,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
4.5★
96 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-15%
Declining
68 → 58 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining · -15% in the last year
68/day a year ago→58/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWidget Context is a generally well-regarded plugin for controlling widget visibility across a site, appreciated for its flexibility and reliability, though some users find its targeting options limited and at least one reports it has stopped working entirely with no support response.
What people like
- +Works reliably for controlling widget visibility across different sections of a site×6
- +Praised for flexibility in managing widgets per site section×2
- +Responsive and fast support noted by at least one user
Common complaints
- −No option to target widgets by specific page slug — only post type selection is available, which users find limiting
- −Does not work on WooCommerce Products page despite the option appearing to be available
- −Plugin reported as broken with no support response
- −Compatibility with newer WordPress versions (e.g. 5.5) was uncertain at time of review
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.50★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 2%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-09-122025-08-082026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 96 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2024-09-05★★★★★Not Working Anymore, Not Supported1badrose
- 2022-01-28★★★★★A MUST for every installation of WordPressdimal
- 2021-12-01★★★★★Easy to usemaxxtrosweden1-shot
- 2021-10-26★★★★★Excellent but Not Playing Well With the New Gutenberg WidgetJomJalan
- 2021-07-16★★★★★it does the job buttbaikamine
- 2021-06-12★★★★★Excelent!!!fernandokerber
- 2021-03-30★★★★★Extremely Flexible Optionsshadmuhammad
- 2021-01-14★★★★★RevelationTom
- 2020-08-26★★★★★WordPress 5.5 updateJosC
- 2020-08-05★★★★★A necessary pluginjosehaugusto
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
69
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
46
Prior 7-day baseline
376
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
4,770
Mean release-day peak (30d)
323
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
+50.0%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
100%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
4.58
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
82%
5★ share in analyzed sample
2%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
—
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.51 → 4.50★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered