10 Best Widget Classes Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Widget Classes has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Widget Classes
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Code Widget
Closest match4.9 (35) 4,000+ active installsCode widget help to add Short Code, PHP Code, HTML, and Simple Text in widget.
Shares the html, widget tags on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, no update since June 11, 2022.
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4.9 (74) 80,000+ active installsAdd custom classes and ids plus first, last, even, odd, and numbered classes to your widgets.
Shares the classes, widgets tags on WordPress.org. About 80 times the installs, no update since November 12, 2024.
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4.8 (60) 10,000+ active installsEdit widget content using the default WordPress visual editor and media uploading functionality. Create widgets like you would create posts or pages.
Shares the widget, widgets tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.6 (57) 7,000+ active installsAn advanced posts display widget with many options. Display posts in your sidebars any way you'd like!
Shares the widget, widgets tags on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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5.0 (29) 3,000+ active installsA widget to display an attractive summary of any page in any widget area.
Shares the widget, widgets tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since August 12, 2020.
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4.8 (36) 4,000+ active installsAll in one widgets and sidebars management in WordPress. Allows you to hide or display widgets on specified pages and restrict access for users.
Shares the widget, widgets tags on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.8 (24) 7,000+ active installsAllow and control Editor and Shop Manager access to the menus, widgets and appearance menu, plus other menus and adminbar items.
Shares the widget, widgets tags on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, no update since June 2, 2021.
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4.8 (76) 400+ active installsDisplay User Profile Section with Gravatar on your sidebar widgets easily.
Shares the widget, widgets tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since January 5, 2017.
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4.4 (45) 10,000+ active installsCode Embed provides a very easy and efficient way to embed code (JavaScript, CSS and HTML) in your posts and pages.
Shares the html tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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4.7 (33) 10,000+ active installsMinify HTML output for clean looking markup and faster downloading.
Shares the html tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated March 18, 2026.
Switching from Widget Classes: common questions
What is the best alternative to Widget Classes?
Code Widget is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 4,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which Widget Classes alternative has the most users?
Widget CSS Classes, with 80,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Widget Classes alternative is rated highest?
Widget CSS Classes, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 74 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Widget Classes alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Widget Classes score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Widget Classes on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Code Widget is the closest match to Widget Classes by the data we track, and Widget CSS Classes has the widest reach with 80,000+ active installs. Code Embed shipped the most recent release, on August 21, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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