Sticky Sidebar for Ads and Blocks vs Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

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

Sticky Sidebar for Ads and Blocks

by Rasel Ahmed

Health C65

Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

by monetizemore

Health D52

Active-install trajectory

Sticky Sidebar for Ads and BlocksFixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

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	Sticky Sidebar for Ads and Blocks	Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	70K–80K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20% ✓	-22%
Overall health	C · 65 ✓	D · 52
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	54/100 ✓	5/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	1	262 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	72/100 ✓	57/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	1.2y ago ✓	3.6y ago
Downloads · 30d	121	2.1K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0%	3.0% ✓
Category	Blocks	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Sticky Sidebar for Ads and BlocksFixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

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.