Best side plugins for WordPress
The most popular side plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Sticky Side Buttons leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of WP Side Comments (10+) and Ultimate Side banners (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “side” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 side plugins
- 1.
Sticky Side ButtonsThe most installed side plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 40 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
WP Side Comments10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 3.
Ultimate Side banners10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
All 3 plugins tagged “side”
Sticky Side Buttons
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,731by Maeve Lander1 year ago
Flexible button creator allowing you to stick floating buttons to the side of your site.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(40)
- Downloads
- 40/day
WP Side Comments
Down in the last 7 days:124#34,647by Pierre Sylvestre12 years ago
WP Side Comments create a new way to display comments like in medium.com network. It's based on SideComment.js
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ultimate Side banners
#48,210by David Wampamba10 years ago
Improve conversion by displaying Ads in prominent positions of your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day