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Catch Sticky Menu vs Sticky Menu & Sticky Header

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Sticky Menu & Sticky Header is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 85 for Catch Sticky Menu, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Catch Sticky Menu moved down one install band, 2K+ to 1K+; Sticky Menu & Sticky Header moved down one install band, 100K+ to 90K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Catch Sticky Menu Sticky Menu & Sticky Header
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 1K–2K 90K–100K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 2K+ → 1K+ -10% ✓
Overall health A · 85 A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 90/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 89/100 94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.5★ 4.7★ ✓
Reviews 15 763 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 92/100 98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 6mo ago 3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 462 9.2K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower. +29% -4%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 2.1% 4.6% ✓
Category Admin & Utilities Admin & Utilities

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Catch Sticky MenuSticky Menu & Sticky Header

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.