wpsnoop: fix WP Custom Widget area plugin conflicts, errors & issues

When the plugin WP Custom Widget area conflicts or throws a PHP error we hope wpsnoop can help you to fix the issue quickly.


Discover which shortcodes wp-options PHP functions database tables and files are created by WP Custom Widget area, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with WP Custom Widget area.


Troubleshooting theme and plugin conflicts is easier when you know what WP Custom Widget area leaves behind after uninstalling it from a WordPress installation, there is a list down below for your convenience.

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What does WP Custom Widget area version 1.2.5 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for WP Custom Widget area to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.2.5 may have created a different set of shortcodes, used different function names or could have created entirely different database tables to store settings and operate. This is not an exhaustive list but shows how version 1.2.5 of WP Custom Widget area behaves when installed and removed on a clean installation of WordPress.

We have not tested individual shortcodes, features or settings of this plugin but instead have concentrated on the potential for obvious errors and conflicts which can occur, if you need help with the plugin in your local installation you can get WordPress help and support for WP Custom Widget area by clicking here.

Our testing covered the free version of this plugin there may or may not be a paid version or premium version available for purchase that unlocks additional features and could behave in a slightly or very different manner.

Which new files does WP Custom Widget area add to WordPress?

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Type & Path Size Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/ 4.08MB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/ 3.25MB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/class-wp-custom-widget-area-admin.php 17.59kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/css/ 13.87kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/css/themes/ 998.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/css/themes/tooltipster-light.css 246.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/css/themes/tooltipster-noir.css 240.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/css/themes/tooltipster-punk.css 251.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/css/themes/tooltipster-shadow.css 261.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/css/tooltipster.css 8.83kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/css/wp-custom-widget-area-admin.css 4.06kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/ 3.11MB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/ 3.11MB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_1_advance.png 117.00kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_1_edit_save.png 165.49kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_1_edit.png 118.49kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_2.png 132.11kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_3.png 132.15kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_4.png 130.12kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_manage_widget.png 306.43kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_menu_1.png 85.96kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_menu_3.png 104.38kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_menu_4.png 93.16kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_menu_admin.png 178.67kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_menu_codebase.png 322.38kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_menu_shortcode_admin.png 196.52kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_menu.png 72.51kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_widget_codebase.png 398.03kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_widget_display.png 192.87kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_widget_shortcode_admin.png 163.80kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa_widget_shortcode_display.png 183.81kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/help/cwa.png 93.09kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/img/x.png 1.04kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/index.php 26.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/js/ 85.72kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/js/jquery.easytabs.min.js 9.16kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/js/jquery.hashchange.min.js 1.49kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/js/jquery.tooltipster.js 47.57kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/js/jquery.tooltipster.min.js 17.11kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/js/wp-custom-widget-area-admin.js 10.40kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/partials/ 18.21kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/partials/cwa-admin-display.php 7.07kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/partials/cwa-help.php 7.40kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/admin/partials/cwa-menu-admin-display.php 3.75kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/assets/ 808.50kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/assets/menu-location-1.png 239.62kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/assets/widget-area-1.png 272.67kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/assets/widget-area-2.png 296.21kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/includes/ 14.22kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/includes/class-custom-widget-area.php 5.76kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/includes/class-wp-custom-widget-area-activator.php 1.54kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/includes/class-wp-custom-widget-area-deactivator.php 648.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/includes/class-wp-custom-widget-area-i18n.php 1.33kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/includes/class-wp-custom-widget-area-loader.php 4.68kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/includes/config.php 249.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/includes/index.php 26.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/index.php 26.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/languages/ No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/languages/plugin-name.pot No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/LICENSE.txt 17.67kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/README.md No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/README.txt 5.28kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/uninstall.php 1.02kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-widget-area/wp-custom-widget-area.php 3.83kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does WP Custom Widget area add to WordPress?

ShortCode   Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
[menu] The menu shortcode has potential conflicts with at least 8 other plugins or themes.
[cwa] The cwa shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Note: We have not yet checked to see if these shortcodes work as expected in pages, posts, sidebar widgets, or when set as the page title, in content, in the excert, in menus or anywhere else within a WordPress installation. A shortcode could produce errors due to parameters added when it is used, or if the plugin is updated and the format of the shortcode has changed.

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress plugin WP Custom Widget area?

Which new options are added to the wp-options table by WP Custom Widget area?

Option Name   Known Conflicts
kz_db_version The kz_db_version option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

During use WP Custom Widget area may or may not create more options depending on how the plugin is configured and depending on which other themes and plugins are active in your specific hosting environment.

What new PHP functions does WP Custom Widget area declare when it is active?

Using WP Custom Widget area from the command line with WP-CLI

The following commands are provided for convenience and should only be used if you understand how WP-CLI works. These commands refer to a single WordPress instance and may need to be modified if you are working with a Multisite installation.


How to install WP Custom Widget area from the command line with WP-CLI

Navigate to the root of your WordPress installation and type the following command:

wp plugin install wp-custom-widget-area


How to activate WP Custom Widget area from the command line with WP-CLI

To immediately activate WP Custom Widget area after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:

wp plugin install wp-custom-widget-area --activate


How to reinstall WP Custom Widget area from the command line with WP-CLI

To force a reinstallation of WP Custom Widget area which overwrites the current plugin without asking for confirmation you can use the following command:

wp plugin install wp-custom-widget-area --force


How to update WP Custom Widget area to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update wp-custom-widget-area


How to delete WP Custom Widget area from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete wp-custom-widget-area

Where can you download earlier versions of WP Custom Widget area?

Whenever possible you should use the latest version of plugins and themes, however if you have recently updated and discovered that you need to install an earlier version you may be able to download other versions of WP Custom Widget area from the WordPress repository by visiting this link.

Please note that installing earlier versions of a theme or plugin is not generally a recommended course of action for most users and could re-introduce security, stability or other issues in WP Custom Widget area

About our testing enviroment

Tests were conducted using Apache 2.4.29, PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04, MySQL 5.7.33 and WordPress 5.9

It is very possible that different versions of PHP such as PHP 8.0, PHP 7.4, or PHP 7.3 could behave differently with WP Custom Widget area. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.