Fixed Menu Anchor vs Fixed And Sticky Header

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

Fixed Menu Anchor

by k00ni

Health D44

Fixed And Sticky Header

by Arjun Thakur

Health D42

Active-install trajectory

Fixed Menu Anchor Fixed And Sticky Header

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Fixed Menu Anchor	Fixed And Sticky Header
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 44 ✓	D · 42
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100 ✓	66/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.92★ ✓	3.67★
Reviews	4	7 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	44/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	10.1y ago	5.4y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	89	185 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Fixed Menu Anchor Fixed And 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.