Fixed Width Admin vs Admin Sticky Sidebar

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

Fixed Width Admin

by scott ogilvie

Health D44

Admin Sticky Sidebar

by followalter

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

Fixed Width AdminAdmin Sticky Sidebar

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 Width Admin	Admin Sticky Sidebar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	800–900 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+700% ✓
Overall health	D · 44 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (adjusted)	3.91★ ✓	—
Reviews	1 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100	75/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	12.0y ago	28d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	43	406 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	14% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Fixed Width AdminAdmin Sticky Sidebar

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.