=== Widget Options - The #1 WordPress Widget Control Plugin ===
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Tags: widgets, widget plugins, widget settings, flexible widget area manager, restrict widgets, display widgets, widget logic, hide widgets, hide widget, sidebar, widget content, display widget, widget options, widget option, widget, widget css, CSS, widget classes, widget styling, widget ID, widget custom class, widget visibility, widget ninja, jetpack visibility, siteorigin, siteorigin pagebuilder, pagebuilder by siteorigin, elementor pagebuilder
Requires at least: 4.0
Tested up to: 6.0.2
Requires PHP: 5.6
Stable tag: 3.8.9.1
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html


== Description ==

Widget Options lets you add more options to widget settings so you can take full control of your website’s widgets. With over <strong>1,060,000+ downloads</strong> and an <strong>average rating of 4.9 stars</strong>, there is no doubt that Widget Options is the perfect solution for you to manage your widgets better and easier.

<strong>Widget Options</strong> expands widget settings by adding elegant and feature-packed options to every widget so you can completely manage and control its visibility and appearance. It allows you to fine tune your sidebar widget visibility depending on user roles, devices, dates, and more! 

Built with seamless integration with WordPress, Widget Options is yet the world’s most complete widget management plugin. 

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<h3>MORE OPTIONS IN THE WIDGET SETTINGS MEANS MORE CONTROL</h3>

With the expanded widget settings that Widget Options bring, you can do all of the following with ease. 

<h4>SHOW OR HIDE WIDGETS ON SPECIFIC WORDPRESS PAGES</h4>
With the Widget Options plugin, you can easily control every widget’s visibility or restrictions on different pages, posts, custom post types, categories, tags, and custom taxonomies. 

<h4>SHOW OR HIDE WIDGETS ON MOBILE DEVICES, DESKTOP AND/OR TABLET</h4>
Display fewer widgets on your mobile devices for easier website navigation without affecting your desktop and tablet versions. This is one of the features of Widget Options that proves it to be a flexible widget area manager. The device visibility section in the widget settings show which sidebar widgets are active or visible in each device type. 

<h4>CUSTOM WORDPRESS WIDGET ALIGNMENTS</h4>
Change your widget alignment to match the entire look of your website. Comes with <strong>center, left, right, and justified alignment</strong> options.

<h4>CUSTOM WIDGET ID & CLASSES</h4>
Create predefined classes on the plugin’s settings page and use them later for each widget. You can also add custom widget ID and additional classes for styling or javascript purposes.

<h4>DISPLAY WIDGET LOGIC</h4>
Use <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags">WordPress Conditional tags</a> to manage and restrict your widgets using display widget logic option if you’re geeky enough to use PHP conditions and in need of custom restrictions.

<h4>HIDE WIDGET TITLE</h4>
Easily hide widget titles from the front-end display while retaining them on the backend dashboard for labeling.

<h4>ENABLE / DISABLE OPTIONS</h4>
Use only the features you want and disable any other widget options easily using the brand new settings page.

<h4>USER LOGIN STATE</h4>
Decide which widgets have to be visible or invisible to either logged-in or non-logged-in users. This feature is helpful when you want certain website functions to be available only to registered users.

<h4>STICKY/FIXED WORDPRESS WIDGETS (Premium)</h4>
This premium feature allows widgets to be always visible to users as they scroll up and down a webpage. Make your most important widgets sticky or fixed so that users can access them easily.

<h3>WIDGET OPTIONS’ TIME-SAVING FEATURES</h3>

Widget plugins shouldn’t only give you control over your widgets. They must also save you a lot of time! Here are Widget Options’ features that can do that.

<h4>LIVE WIDGET SEARCH FILTER</h4>
Admins save time and manage widgets more efficiently by enabling the live widget search box on your widget dashboard to locate widgets easier. No need to scroll the page.

<h4>NO NEED TO DRAG WORDPRESS WIDGETS TO MOVE THEM</h4>
Increase productivity and improve widgets management by moving any widgets easily with just a click-and-select action. No more drag-and-drop! This is a convenient option especially when using small-screen devices such as tablets or mobile phones.

<h4>IMPORT & EXPORT WIDGETS AND WIDGET AREA BACKUP</h4>
You can now import and export WordPress widgets easily and create backups of specific sidebar widget areas. Move widgets to another website with ease.

<h4>VIEW YOUR CHANGES LIVE</h4>
This plugin is customizer-ready for easier modification. View your changes live before saving it. 

<h3>COMPATIBLE WITH THE MOST POPULAR PAGE BUILDERS</h3>

Not all widget plugins are designed to work with page builders. If your websites use SiteOrigin, Elementor, or Beaver, you can make the most of Widget Options. This is another reason why we call it the most flexible widget area manager!

<h4>PAGE BUILDER BY SITEORIGIN PLUGIN COMPATIBLE</h4>
With Widget Options on your website that is powered by SiteOrigin Page Builder, you can add more control to the widget panels. Manage visibility on specific device types, change alignments, hide widget panel title, add custom classes, and control visibility using display widget logic option! 

<strong>Page Builder by SiteOrigin Plugin + Widget Options = Total Freedom!</strong>

<h4>ELEMENTOR PAGE BUILDER READY</h4>
Extend Widget Options’ visibility restrictions on elementor widgets! You can now have the same widget management features available to your Elementor-powered websites.

<h4>BEAVER BUILDER PLUGIN READY</h4>
Widget Options now comes with Beaver Builder plugin integration – integrated for a smooth website building workflow. You can fully manage each module in many ways you want! 

<h4>ADVANCED CUSTOM FIELDS (ACF) SUPPORT</h4>
Easily show or hide any widget using your ACF fields and conditions. You can create restrictions on your widgets with the following conditions:

* Equal To
* Not Equal To
* Contains
* Does Not Contain
* Is Empty
* Is Not Empty

The ACF function is also available for Elementor and Beaver Builder.

<h3>UPGRADE TO EXTENDED WIDGET OPTIONS</h3>

Turn Widget Options into an even more flexible widget area manager. Upgrade to <a href="http://widget-options.com/pricing/">Extended Widget Options today!</a> today!

<h4>Premium Features</h4>

* Custom WordPress Widget Styling
* Widget Animations on scroll and page load
* Sticky / Fixed WordPress Widgets
* Custom Widget Links
* Widget Cache
* Custom Widget Columns Display
* Restrict Widget Visibility per User Roles
* Widget Visibility per Days and Date Range
* Extended Taxonomy and Terms Support
* Display Sidebars and Widgets using Shortcodes
* Disable any WordPress Widgets
* Permission Options
* Target URLs and Wildcard Restrictions
* Option for child page to inherit parent widget visibilities
* Clone Widget

Check full <a href="http://widget-options.com/features/">Extended Widget Options features</a>.

<h3>ADD-ONS</h3>

In need of a WordPress <a href="https://widget-options.com/features/modal-pop-up-and-sliding-widget-options/">Sliding Panel</a> for your widgets? Check out <a href="https://widget-options.com/features/modal-pop-up-and-sliding-widget-options/">Sliding Widget Options</a> add-on, and transform any of your widgets to modal pop-up, slide in and/or sliding widget panel; and increase your website’s user engagement!

We keep Widget Options up-to-date and make this flexible widget area manager even more, well, flexible! If you like to contribute, report issues or have suggestions, you can find the development version on <a href="https://github.com/WidgetOptions/widget-options">Github</a>. 

<strong>More information</strong>

* Follow the developer <a href="https://twitter.com/WidgetOptions" target="_blank">@Twitter</a>
* <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WidgetOptions/" target="_blank">Join Facebook Community Group</a>
* <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgKC5IAqoz4Q7nW0WzueQFw" target="_blank">Youtube Channel</a>

== Installation ==

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

e.g.

1. Upload the full directory into your wp-content/plugins directory
2. Activate the plugin at the plugin administration page
3. Go to Settings > Widget Options and add predefined Classes if you need to
4. When you drag or open any widgets you'll see the Widget Options below
5. I hope you'll love this plugin :)

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How do I begin working with this plugin? =
After Widget Options plugin activation you'll get welcome message with detailed video instructions to get started. Then go to <strong>Settings > Widget Options</strong> to enable/disable the features you want. Then go to <strong>Appearance > Widgets</strong> and start optimising your widgets!

= How do I add set of predefined custom CSS classes for widgets? =
Easy! Simply go to <strong>Settings > Widget Options</strong> and on <em>Classes & ID</em> module click Configure Settings then you can add your predefined CSS classes for your widgets.

= What widgets are supported? =
All of them! Yes, we haven't come across any single non-working widgets yet.

= How's the speed and loading time compare to other plugins? =
Widget Options is a featured pack fully lightweight plugin. Using Query Monitor plugin you'll find that the plugin doesn't load too much queries and doesn't affect your website's loading time. You can check more information how optimized Widget Options is <a href="https://widget-options.com/new-improved-widget-options-wordpress/">here</a>.

== Screenshots ==

1. Widgets Visibility Options
2. Device Visibility Options
3. Widgets Custom Alignment
4. Widget CSS ID & Classes
5. Display Widget Logic
6. Pagebuilder by SiteOrigin Plugin Widget Options
7. Widget Importer & Exporter Feature
8. Beaver Builder Integration
9. Elementor Pagebuilder Integration
10. Advanced Custom Fields ( ACF ) Support

== Changelog ==

= 3.8.9.1 =

* Added additional update wp.org description
* Updated title from Widget Options – Add Context To WordPress Widgets to Widget Options - The #1 WordPress Widget Control Plugin

= 3.8.9 =

* Fixed PHP Notices connected to WPML variable
* Updated wp.org description

= 3.8.8 =

* Fixed PHP Warning: Undefined variable

= 3.8.7 =

* Redirected to plugin page after activation
* Fixed Array warnings & notices when Elementor page builder is activated
* Fixed Display Issue with PolyLang

= 3.8.5 =

* Compatible with Latest WordPress
* Fixed Display Issue with PeepSo Widgets
* Fixed Display Issue with WPML added languages

= 3.8.4 =

* Fixed PHP Notice: Undefined variable

= 3.8.3 =

* Fixed PHP Warning: Undefined variable

= 3.8.2 =

* Fixed versioning issue

= 3.8.1 =

* Fixed missing plugin files

= 3.8 =

* Added option to upgrade to PRO version.

= 3.7.14 =

* Fixed PHP Recoverable fatal error – when switching AMP mode

= 3.7.13 =

* Fixed issue in versioning

= 3.7.12 =

* Fixed jQuery UI styles

= 3.7.11 =
* Fixed visibility issue for WooCommerce taxonomies.

= 3.7.10 =
* Fixed CSS issue with other plugins.
* Fixed missing icons on Elementor page builder.

= 3.7.9 =
* Compatible with Latest WordPress.
* Added option to revert Classic Widgets Screen.
* Fixed admin notices.

= 3.7.8 =
* Compatible with Latest WordPress.
* Updated dependency security vulnerability.
* Fixed Multisite warning issues.
* Fixed custom post type list in display condition.

= 3.7.7 =
* Compatible with Latest WordPress.
* Fixed deprecated jQuery functions.
* Fixed Logic option issue.
* Fixed Mobile restrictions issues.
* Update plugin page descriptions.
* Updated admin options page details.
* Added affiliate URL support via hooks.

= 3.7.6 =
* Fix blank page issue in admin widget page.

= 3.7.5 =
* Compatible with Latest WordPress.
* Other improvements.

= 3.7.4 =
* Update readme and plugin info.

= 3.7.3 =
* Fix import and export invalid file error
* Fix several instances of widget lock up issue
* Other improvements

= 3.7.2 =
* Fix issue with latest ACF version

= 3.7.1 =
* Add fixes for https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-errors-after-upgrade-to-3-7/

= 3.7 =
* Add <strong>Advanced Custom Fields ( ACF )</strong> support
* Integrate ACF conditions on Elementor and Beaver Builder integration too
* Add <strong>User Logged-in State</strong> feature to easily restrict widget on loggedin or loggedout users
* Add <strong>User Logged-in State</strong> to Elementor integration as well
* Show rating notice on widget dashboard and Widget Options settings page only
* Fixes and other improvements

= 3.6 =
* Add <strong>Beaver Builder Plugin Integration</strong>. Go to Settings > Widget Options to enable this brand new feature.
* Fixes and other improvements

= 3.5 =
* Go to <strong>Settings > Widget Options</strong> to enable the brand new features below. Thanks!
* Add <strong>Widget Importer & Exporter Feature</strong>
* Add <strong>Specific Widget Area Backup</strong> Downloader
* Improve pages list and indent child pages
* Option to remove all widgets assigned on widget area
* Fix issues with Elementor and OceanWP integration
* Add Target URLs and Wildcard Restrictions module upgrade on settings page
* Improvements for the upcoming Beaver Builder integration

= 3.4 =
* Add <strong>Move WordPress Widgets</strong> Feature
* Add <strong>Elementor Pagebuilder Support</strong> Beta Feature
* Add option to disable automatic addition of .widget class
* Fixes and support for is_active_sidebar
* Update subscription sidebar and add free e-book download
* Add module card for <a href="https://widget-options.com/features/modal-pop-up-and-sliding-widget-options/" target="_blank">WordPress Sliding Panel</a> add-on
* Add module card for <a href="https://widget-options.com/features/clone-wordpress-widgets/" target="_blank">Clone WordPress Widgets</a> premium feature
* Improvements for better speed on admin widgets dashboard

= 3.3.2 =
* Use better Global pages items to prevent issues with site with lots of pages
* Fix Multisite Issue when Network Activated
* Add 'widget' class to fix issue with Elegant Themes that using 'et_widget' as base class
* Add support for <a href="https://widget-options.com/features/modal-pop-up-and-sliding-widget-options/" target="_blank">Sliding Widgets</a> add-on

= 3.3.1 =
* Fix PHP 7.0 Global variables issue

= 3.3 =
* Add Widget Live Search option on widgets.php admin dashboard

= 3.2.1 =
* Fix Categories not updating when new one added
* Re-add review/rating admin notice from version 3.1

= 3.2 =
* Improve Plugin Loading and Performance
* Fix issues reported on github

= 3.1 =
* Add Pagebuilder by SiteOrigin Plugin Widgets Compatibility
* Fixes for https://github.com/WidgetOptions/widget-options/issues/6
* Performance enhancement

= 3.0.2 =
* Fix reported issue : https://github.com/WidgetOptions/widget-options/issues/7
* Fix DIVI jQuery UI styling issues

= 3.0.1 =
* Fix reported issue : https://github.com/WidgetOptions/widget-options/issues/4

= 3.0 =
* Improve settings page and add modular options inspired by iThemes Security Plugin
* Add user selection for features
* Add Hide Widget Title option
* Revamp saving options
* other minor improvements

= 2.0 =
* Add Widget Display Logic Options
* Improve Tab UI for better navigation
* other minor improvements

= 1.3 =
* Apply Category Widgets Visibility Selection to associated posts
* Update pro tabs with additional features added on Extended Widget Options 2.0

= 1.2 =
* Add Widget CSS ID and Classes tab options. <a href="https://widget-options.com/blog/add-wordpress-widget-css-classes-id/">Learn more about this update</a>
* Add Blog Page Visibility for Widgets as per @cfabrice & @fljdave request

= 1.1.1 =
* Reduce Transient to 5 minutes

= 1.1 =
* Set Transient for queries to reduce loading time

= 1.0 =
* Initial Plugin release

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.0 =

* Initial Plugin release

== Contact and Credits ==

Widget Options for WordPress is maintained and developed by <a href="https://widget-options.com/">Widget Options Team</a>.