Best sliding panel plugins for WordPress
The most popular sliding panel plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Advanced Floating Sliding Panel (Lite) leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of Slidey Panel (30+) and Schemeable Sliding Panel (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “Sliding Panel” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 sliding panel plugins
- 1.
Advanced Floating Sliding Panel (Lite)The most installed sliding panel plugin, with 40+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
Slidey Panel30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.Schemeable Sliding Panel
10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 4.BuddyPress Sliding Login Panel
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
All 4 plugins tagged “Sliding Panel”

Advanced Floating Sliding Panel (Lite)
#22,304by Code Tides1 year ago
Create stunning vertical and horizontal sliding panels in minutes with Advanced Floating Sliding Panel (Lite)!
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Slidey Panel
Up in the last 7 days:106#24,025by Olly Campion2 months ago
Add a responsive sliding panel to your WordPress site with a block.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Schemeable Sliding Panel
Up in the last 7 days:1,762#37,471by kdmurthy14 years ago
Use smooth and beautiful sliding panel for your blog. Fully scheme-able and configurable. Bundled with six beautiful schemes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Sliding Login Panel
#46,914by Sarah Gooding15 years ago
Adds a sliding AJAX login panel to BuddyPress with a full account center and menu for logged in users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day