Best fixed sidebar plugins for WordPress
The most popular fixed sidebar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Sticky Sidebar leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Ultimate Floating Widgets (3K+) and All-in-One Sticky Anything (1K+). All 5 plugins tagged “fixed sidebar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 fixed sidebar plugins
- 1.
WP Sticky SidebarThe most installed fixed sidebar plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 153 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Ultimate Floating Widgets3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 14 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
All-in-One Sticky Anything1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 15 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
Fixed Admin Sidebar10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 5.
Quicksloth Sticky WidgetFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 days ago.
All 5 plugins tagged “fixed sidebar”
WP Sticky Sidebar
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,052by Premio2 months ago
WP Sticky Sidebar plugin will make your menu or header stick to the side of page, after desired number of pixels when scrolled 📌
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(153)
- Downloads
- 35/day
Ultimate Floating Widgets
Up in the last 7 days:1#4,148by vaakash1 month ago
Create sticky / fixed / popup bubble and flyout sidebars and add your widgets to it.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.9(14)
- Downloads
- 26/day
All-in-One Sticky Anything
Up in the last 7 days:11#5,422by Monzur Alam27 days ago
All-in-One Sticky Anything easily creates click to call, fixed widgets, sticky elements, sticky header, menu, sidebar, social icons & cookie consent.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(15)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Fixed Admin Sidebar
Up in the last 7 days:5,463#39,023by Matt Hodder14 years ago
Fixes the positioning of the admin sidebar to the side of the browser, even when scrolled down. Best used with collapsed view.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Quicksloth Sticky Widget
Up in the last 7 days:8,348#62,278by Quicksloth4 days ago
Sticky widgets, blocks and sidebar elements that stay in view and stop before the footer. Keeps your existing Fixed Widget settings. No jQuery.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 27/day