Best floating sidebar plugins for WordPress
The most popular floating sidebar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Fuse Social Icons leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of WP Sticky Sidebar (10K+) and Ultimate Floating Widgets (3K+). All 7 plugins tagged “floating sidebar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 floating sidebar plugins
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Fuse Social IconsThe most installed floating sidebar plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 58 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
WP Sticky Sidebar10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 153 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Ultimate Floating Widgets3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 14 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Széchenyi 2020 Logo1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
FloatySocial80+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
Floating Contact SidebarFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 months ago.
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Quicksloth Sticky WidgetFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 days ago.
All 7 plugins tagged “floating sidebar”
Fuse Social Icons
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,741by Daniyal Ahmed (a11n)1 month ago
Floating social icons, share buttons, a widget & a Gutenberg block, in one fast plugin — completely rebuilt, with a one-click import of your exist …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(58)
- Downloads
- 79/day
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
Széchenyi 2020 Logo
Down in the last 7 days:7#6,864by Földesi, Mihály10 months ago
This WordPress plugin places a Széchenyi 2020 logo on the frontend at any position.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
FloatySocial
Down in the last 7 days:54#17,453by codebari1 year ago
This plugin lets you add floating sidebar icons to your site that link directly to your social media profiles.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Floating Contact Sidebar
Up in the last 7 days:13,047#56,637by Akash Halder4 months ago
A WordPress plugin to add a floating sidebar with contact information including social media links, phone number, and email.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- 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