F12 Floating Menu, sticky menu for WordPress
by Forge12 Interactive GmbH · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 7 other plugins · 11.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Easily add unlimited floating/sticky menus to your Website. The F12 Floating Menu comes with an easy-to-use interface, allowing you to have the full c …
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈360 estimated
Momentum
+46%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “custom menu” and “custom navigation menu” for “floating” and “bottom menu”. “custom menu” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “floating” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “custom navigation menu” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “bottom menu” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
82 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.9%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 10.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 153 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
19%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| f12 | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| floating menu your tag | #4 | #14 | 0 |
| floating navigation menu your tag | #5 | #14 | 0 |
| sticky menu | #12 | #17 | 0 |
| custom side menu your tag | #13 | #21 | 0 |
| floating | #22 | #22 | up 1 |
| floating side tab | #9 | #17 | up 1 |
| side menu | #14 | #21 | up 1 |
| bottom menu | #24 | #23 | down 3 |
| side navigation menu | #17 | #21 | 0 |
| custom menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom navigation menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
31 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 21 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “custom menu” and “custom navigation menu” for “floating” and “bottom menu”. “custom menu” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “floating” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “custom navigation menu” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “bottom menu” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “custom side menu”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 448 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v1.4.2 · 1 Jun 2026
19
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 22% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 58% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ sandswimmer3.8y ago
For the past few days I have been looking for a floating menu which was straightforward to configure. I have tried 5 different ones before I came across this plugin. It works perfectly, it’s easy to configure, there are no hidden adverts or pop up, no clunky design, just clean coding with loads of configuration. A very big thank you to the developer/s!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ reinholdflieger4.2y ago
This is the best Floating Menu Plugin I ever installed. It is highly customizable. You can even define where the menu should appear. The support is excellent!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ danielbeikirch4.5y ago
Everything is customizable and very easy to use. Best Floating Menu Plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sonekka4.7y ago
I was lost jumping between limited plugins. This one is soft, really simple, really complete, fully functional This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by sonekka.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Easily add unlimited floating/sticky menus to your Website. The F12 Floating Menu comes with an easy-to-use..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WPML.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,858 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("custom navigation menu", "custom side menu", "floating navigation menu" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-02 400+ → 300+ down after 301 days in tier
- 2025-08-05 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-03 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-02 500+ → 400+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-07-29 400+ → 500+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-07-24 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-07-22 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-21 500+ → 400+ down after 3 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).
-
Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 90K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Float menu – awesome floating side menu 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
AGCA – Custom Dashboard & Login Page 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C -
Simple Floating Menu 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Sticky Buttons – Floating Buttons Builder 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Side Menu Lite – Sticky Floating Side Menu 7K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for F12 Floating Menu, sticky menu for WordPress into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/f12-floating-menu" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="F12 Floating Menu, sticky menu for WordPress — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> F12 Floating Menu, sticky menu for WordPress: 300+ active installs, 5.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/f12-floating-menu
Spotted a number that looks wrong? Report a data issue and we'll check it against the source.