Title: Advanced Text Widget
Author: Max Chirkov
Published: <strong>June 23, 2009</strong>
Last modified: September 23, 2018

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# advanced-text-widget

 By [Max Chirkov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maxchirkov/)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-text-widget/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-text-widget/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-text-widget/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-text-widget/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of July 27, 2023 and is not available for download.
Reason: Security Issue.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8842d275179f32c7db6b5515aaa477ed857719a5b6a585f86c593cbc4056eb07?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Essential plugin for all my sites](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/essential-plugin-for-all-my-sites/)󠁿

 [adambradford](https://profiles.wordpress.org/adambradford/) October 25, 2017

2nd EDIT: The plugin has now been updated, so my original review stands. 1st EDIT:
Even though this was a great plugin in its day, it hasn’t been updated in over 2
years and was flagged as vulnerable to attack when I ran WPScan. I therefore can’t
recommend it for now. Original review: Can’t imagine building a WordPress site without
this, it’s normally the first plugin one I install. Makes adding custom content 
to sidebars on a per-page basis an absolute breeze. Very flexible, you can type 
PHP and shortcodes in the text area and it displays whatever you want. A must have
for any WordPress site developer.

 [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-text-widget/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Advanced Text Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Max Chirkov ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maxchirkov/)

[Translate “Advanced Text Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/advanced-text-widget)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-text-widget/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/advanced-text-widget/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/advanced-text-widget/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/advanced-text-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **2.1.2**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-text-widget/advanced/)