widget-wrangler

I currently use this plugin on over 100 sites. I have been using Widget Wrangler since 2014 and have found it invaluable. I use it to display specific widgets in a custom order in the sidebar, footer area, and custom featured content areas. WW allows me to customize widgets on a per page basis and create a default list of widgets to display when creating a new post/page. It has tremendously reduced the amount of time it takes to change / edit widgets on a page without touching code. It's an awesome plugin! -Steven

It's the only plugin to take on the issue of different pages with different sidebars, and it does a good job. I'm using it on WP 4.8.1 now. However, with virtually no documentation, you'll never figure out how to master it. You'll end up using only half the functionality.

You regret not using this plugin sooner, you just don't know it yet.

This has totally transformed Wordpress into the most flexible package available for me now, bravo. All I need now is a dashboard widget for custom widgets and I'm golden! 11/10 must have extension.