Description
Tiny Widget Manager (TWIM) improves the WordPress widget system by allowing you to control each widget’s visibility directly from the admin panel.
It’s a lightweight yet powerful tool that gives you full control over how and when widgets are displayed.
TWIM adds a simple interface below each widget for defining visibility rules. This provides site editors with a much smarter and more flexible way to manage widget visibility.
Available show/hide conditions
The power of TWIM lies in the variety of logic conditions it supports:
– Show/hide on specific page(s)
– Show/hide on specific post type(s) (custom or built-in)
– Show/hide on archive pages (category, tag, author, date)
– Show/hide by user status (logged-in, logged-out, user roles)
– Show/hide on device type (mobile, tablet, desktop)
Global AND/OR setting for conditions
For each widget, you can also define whether all conditions must be true or if only one is enough.
Since each group of condtions has its own show/hide setting, combinations are nearly endless.
Active conditions indicator
When setting visibility conditions for each of your widgets, it can soon become difficult to understand which conditions have been set.
TWIM provides a useful active condition indicator in the form of “eye” icons allowing you to check in a glance which conditions have been activated for a given plugin (see screenshots).
Widget Class
A dedicated input field allows you to add custom CSS classes to your widgets—no need for an additional plugin just for styling.
Settings
The settings page currently offers two options:
– Restore the classic widget management screen (instead of the block-based “Widgets” editor — see Limitations below).
– Choose the TWIM color theme for the admin interface.
Limitations
TWIM does not currently support the new block-based widget editor introduced in recent WordPress versions.
If you want to use TWIM, you must switch to the legacy widget interface (this can be done from the plugin’s settings).
Development
You can contribute to this plugin or follow development on GitHub:
🔗 https://github.com/wpolstudio/tiny-widget-manager
Screenshots
Condition selector showing pages (default blue color theme) 
Condition selector showing single post type (gray color theme) 
Condition selector showing archive pages (orange color theme) 
Condition selector showing user roles (lime color theme) 
Condition selector showing device types 
Global logic selector 
Active condition(s) indicator 
Custom CSS class(es) input 
TWIM settings page
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/tiny-widget-managerdirectory, or install it via the WordPress plugin screen. - Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
- Go to Appearance > Widgets, open any widget, and configure its visibility using the new panel.
FAQ
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Does this plugin work with block-based (FSE) themes?
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No. Tiny Widget Manager currently supports classic widget-based themes only.
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Does it support custom post types and taxonomies?
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Yes, visibility rules can be applied to any registered post type or archive.
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Can I add custom CSS classes to widgets?
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Yes! A built-in input lets you apply your own classes—no third-party plugin needed.
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Will it slow down my site?
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No. The plugin is lightweight and adds minimal overhead. Visibility logic is evaluated server-side only when necessary.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release with support for page, post type, archive, user, and device-based visibility rules
- Added input for applying custom CSS classes to widgets
1.0.1
- Bug fix for post type = “post” also accepted for “post” archives