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hyyan/sidebar-highlight
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Small Wordpress plugin to hightlight all sidebars when wordpress customize mode is enabled

0.3(11y ago)147MITPHPPHP >=5.3.2

Since Nov 30Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/hyyan/sidebar-highlight)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/hyyan/sidebar-highlight)[ RSS](/packages/hyyan-sidebar-highlight/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (1)Versions (4)Used By (0)

[Wordpress Sidebars Highlight](https://github.com/hyyan/sidebar-highlight/)
===========================================================================

[](#wordpress-sidebars-highlight)

[![project status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a63aa49513ba62b63d41664bfeadf9085ff758163d080b62bec72c3c0b63c6c6/687474703a2f2f7374696c6c6d61696e7461696e65642e636f6d2f687979616e2f736964656261722d686967686c696768742e706e67)](http://stillmaintained.com/hyyan/sidebar-highlight)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/25c3da9f9fd7db5b3afdf04e37a970b7a1b008c550e9f27432bbe34a31d0b8dd/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f687979616e2f736964656261722d686967686c696768742f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/hyyan/sidebar-highlight)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/927e4921501442e8f2ad39fbd92295a9d2bafea969801ea40985283a05ce1146/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f687979616e2f736964656261722d686967686c696768742f646f776e6c6f6164732e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/hyyan/sidebar-highlight)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/731278b2f29019f05c1257a5344bf30ea2fc0ee19e5b007f965e0bde9855ec0e/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f687979616e2f736964656261722d686967686c696768742f6c6963656e73652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/hyyan/sidebar-highlight)

Small Wordpress plugin to hightlight all sidebars when wordpress customize mode is enabled

How to install
--------------

[](#how-to-install)

### Classical way

[](#classical-way)

1. Download the plugin as zip archive and then upload it to your wordpress plugins folder and extract it there.
2. Activate the plugin from your admin panel

### Composer way

[](#composer-way)

1. run composer command : ` composer require hyyan/sidebar-highlight`

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

Just go to customize page and the plugin will be active by default , you can also disable it from customize page to go back to real preview.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Everyone is welcome to help contribute and improve this plugin. There are several ways you can contribute:

- Reporting issues (please read [issue guidelines](https://github.com/necolas/issue-guidelines))
- Suggesting new features
- Writing or refactoring code
- Fixing [issues](https://github.com/hyyan/sidebar-highlight/issues)

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~11 days

Total

3

Last Release

4164d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4313420?v=4)[Hyyan Abo Fakher](/maintainers/hyyan)[@hyyan](https://github.com/hyyan)

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Tags

wordpresswordpress pluginbedrockhyyanwordpress adminwordpress mupluginwordpress theme customizerwordpress customizewordpress sidebarwordpress sidebar highlight

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