Fixed And Sticky Header
by Arjun Thakur · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 2 other plugins · 111K+ installs across the portfolio →
Make your WordPress website header fixed or sticky while scrolling. Choose your header, scroll position, colors, height, and spacing.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+5%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “fixed menu”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
81 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.5%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 64.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 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 2 releases 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 55 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.3★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.00★ 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.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
14%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fixed | #2 | #14 | 0 |
| fixed navigation | #1 | #5 | 0 |
| fixed header your tag | #5 | #19 | up 1 |
| sticky header your tag | #5 | #16 | 0 |
| banner fixed position | #2 | #14 | 0 |
| sticky navigation your tag | #11 | #21 | up 1 |
| fixed menu your tag | #11 | #24 | up 1 |
| sticky header wordpress | #5 | #17 | 0 |
| header sticky | #6 | #17 | down 1 |
| sticky | #20 | #23 | 0 |
| sticky menu your tag | #23 | #23 | down 1 |
| scroll header | #12 | #24 | 0 |
| wordpress sticky | #19 | #22 | 0 |
25 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 13 listed. 12 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- One page off on “fixed menu”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “sticky navigation”. #11 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 1.5K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
2
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.5.3 · 6 Sep 2026
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 79% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 13 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 14 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ regikono3.1y ago
After installation, navigate to SETTINGS in the left-hand side menu, where you will find this plugin. Assign it a name, for instance, .head (with a dot), and save it. Next, go to your header or menu, edit it, and in the right-hand menu under the ‘block’ tab, look for CSS. After the existing name (if there is one), add a space and type ‘head’ (but this time without the dot). Naturally, you can use any name you prefer instead of ‘head’. It works wonderfully. Thank you, Arjun!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ok369ok3.4y ago
Easy and simple. Does what it is meant to do.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ foxintheforestau5.7y ago
I couldn’t get the plugin to scroll smoothly, it always jumped down the page despite trying a range of settings. Uninstall…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ higrades5.8y ago
I need to know what Fixed Header (Class or Id) i have to mention. My Website is higrades.pk
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ batson11508.4y ago
it worked for me. thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ volkerh8.8y ago
Easy to setup and configure, but doesn’t fix at top.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ borayeris8.9y ago
Not position fixed
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.7
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Make your WordPress website header fixed or sticky while scrolling. Choose your header, scroll position, co..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,341 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("fixed header", "fixed menu", "sticky menu", "sticky navigation" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-02 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-30 2K+ → 1K+ down after 580 days in tier
- 2024-02-28 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-27 2K+ → 3K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-02-25 3K+ → 2K+ down after 509 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 4K+ → 3K+ down after 128 days in tier
- 2022-05-29 3K+ → 4K+ up
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).
- F Fixed Menu Anchor 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags D
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Sticky Header Menu on Scroll 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
Sticky Header Effects for Elementor 300K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A - S Sticky Header by ThematoSoup 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
-
Simple Sticky Header Menu 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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