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wpessential/wpessential-sidebars
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WPEssential Sidebars helping in registry of sidebars in WordPress.

2.0.2(1y ago)0271GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=7.4CI failing

Since Aug 7Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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WPEssential Sidebars
====================

[](#wpessential-sidebars)

Help to register the sidebars in WordPress.

`composer require wpessential/wpessential-sidebars`

Add the single sidebar to WordPress registry

```
$sidebar = \WPEssential\Library\Sidebars::make();
$sidebar->add([
	'id'		=>'main-sidebar',
        'name'          => esc_html__( 'WPEssential: Main Sidebar', 'wpessential' ),
        'description'   => esc_html__( 'Widgets in this area will be shown on all posts and pages.', 'wpessential' ),
        'title_tag' 	=> 'h2'
]);
$sidebar->init();
```

Add the multiple sidebars to WordPress registry

```
$sidebar = \WPEssential\Library\Sidebars::make();
$sidebar->adds([
    	'main-sidebar'   => [
        'name'          => esc_html__( 'WPEssential: Main Sidebar', 'wpessential' ),
        'description'   => esc_html__( 'Widgets in this area will be shown on all posts and pages.', 'wpessential' ),
        'title_tag' 	=> 'h2'
    ]
]);
$sidebar->init();
```

Remove the single sidebar from WordPress registry

```
$sidebar = \WPEssential\Library\Sidebars::make();
$sidebar->remove('main-sidebar');
$sidebar->init();
```

Remove the multiple sidebars from WordPress registry

```
$sidebar = \WPEssential\Library\Sidebars::make();
$sidebar->removes(['main-sidebar']);
$sidebar->init();
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 40% of packages

Maintenance39

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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 ~74 days

Total

4

Last Release

516d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.02024-09-09

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24288930?v=4)[WPEssential](/maintainers/WPEssential)[@wpessential](https://github.com/wpessential)

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Top Contributors

[![wpessential](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24288930?v=4)](https://github.com/wpessential "wpessential (6 commits)")

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