F12 Floating Menu, sticky menu for WordPress 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 82 for F12 Floating Menu, sticky menu for WordPress, led by stronger rating quality.
Active-install trajectory
F12 Floating Menu, sticky menu for WordPress moved down one install band, 400+ to 300+; 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 | F12 Floating Menu, sticky menu for WordPress | Sticky Menu & Sticky Header |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 300–400 | 90K–100K ✓ |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | 400+ → 300+ | -10% ✓ |
| Overall health | B · 82 | A · 90 ✓ |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 91/100 | 100/100 ✓ |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 80/100 | 94/100 ✓ |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 70/100 |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 4.2★ | 4.7★ ✓ |
| Reviews | 4 | 763 ✓ |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 89/100 | 98/100 ✓ |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | Low | Low |
| Last updated | 5mo ago | 3mo ago ✓ |
| Downloads, last 30d | 198 | 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. | +17% | -4% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 2.9% | 4.6% ✓ |
| Category | Admin & Utilities | Admin & Utilities |
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
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.