Admin Sticky Widget Areas

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Reviewers like that it fixes the widget-dragging annoyance, though one says the sticky scrolling gets awkward with tall expanded widgets and wants smoother behaviour.

1. ★★★★★ labarta

   8.7y ago

   A simple plugin bat it solves a problem.

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2. ★★★★★ mrwweb

   8.7y ago

   I love the idea of this plugin, but it feels like it needs a bit of polish. While position: sticky; is enticing, the scrolling behavior is not great when one or more widgets are expanded so that the widget(s) you are editing are taller than one screen. In that case, you can’t scroll to see the active widget areas until you’ve scrolled to the bottom of the page. Using some kind of JS behavior more similar to how the default core “Edit Post” page sidebar works would make this a no-brainer 5-star plugin, and I look forward to updating my rating! This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by mrwweb. Reason: Wrong star rating than intended

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3. ★★★★★ Wayne Stratton

   8.7y ago

   No more annoyance when dragging widgets!

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

Translated into 4 languages, 4 at 90% or more · development strings

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-03-07 30+ → 20+ down after 142 days in tier
2. 2025-10-16 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-10-15 30+ → 40+ up after 19 days in tier
4. 2025-09-26 40+ → 30+ down after 7 days in tier
5. 2025-09-19 30+ → 40+ up after 23 days in tier
6. 2025-08-27 40+ → 30+ down after 23 days in tier
7. 2025-08-04 30+ → 40+ up after 7 days in tier
8. 2025-07-28 40+ → 30+ down after 324 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• S SpiceBox 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• Desert Companion 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• Widget Disable 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• A Arile Extra 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• D Daddy Plus 8K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Sticky Posts – Switch 6K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D

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Admin Sticky Widget Areas: 20+ active installs, 4.3★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/admin-sticky-widget-areas