Best sticky widget plugins for WordPress
The most popular sticky widget plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Sticky Menu & Sticky Header leads with 90K+ active installs, ahead of Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress (70K+) and Ultimate Floating Widgets (3K+). All 8 plugins tagged “sticky widget” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 sticky widget plugins
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Sticky Menu & Sticky HeaderThe most installed sticky widget plugin, with 90K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 763 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress70K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 262 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 3.
Ultimate Floating Widgets3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 14 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Sticky Sidebar20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 5.
Sticky Menu10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 6.
Quicksloth Sticky WidgetFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 days ago.
- 7.
StayrailFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
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AOS Quick Action BarFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “sticky widget”
Sticky Menu & Sticky Header
#480by WebFactory2 months ago
Sticky Menu or Sticky Header sticks elements at the top of the screen when you scroll, or create a floating sticky menu or fixed widget.
- Installs
- 90K+
- Rating
- 4.7(763)
- Downloads
- 307/day
Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:1#575by monetizemore3 years ago
More attention and a higher ad performance with fixed sticky widgets.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.7(262)
- Downloads
- 76/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
Sticky Sidebar
Down in the last 7 days:4#26,016by farvehandleren10 years ago
Make a sticky sidebar and place it anywhere with shortcode.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sticky Menu
Up in the last 7 days:11,360#36,027by farvehandleren10 years ago
Make a menu or element sticky.
- 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
Stayrail
Up in the last 7 days:2,337#68,348by Inovex AS13 days ago
Make any widget, block or element sticky while visitors scroll. Lightweight, no jQuery, zero layout shift – with one-click import from Fixed Widget.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AOS Quick Action Bar
Down in the last 7 days:5,875#74,160by AOS Digital1 month ago
Configurable floating action bar with expandable button panels, live admin preview, anonymous click tracking, and ready-made presets.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day