Floating Side Tab
by WP Shuffle · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 7 other plugins · 3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Floating Side Tab lets you add customizable sticky tab menus on any page to showcase quick links, social icons, forms, or custom content.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
600+
≈640 estimated
Momentum
+5%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “call to action” for “floating”. “call to action” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “floating” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.0%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 10K 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 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 33 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ 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
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
18%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| floating side tab your tag | #1 | #10 | 0 |
| side tab | #2 | #15 | 0 |
| quick links tab your tag | #3 | #18 | 0 |
| sticky tab your tag | #3 | #17 | up 1 |
| tab | #5 | #21 | up 3 |
| side | #6 | #21 | 0 |
| floating menu your tag | #11 | #24 | 0 |
| floating | #13 | #24 | down 2 |
| floating content | #7 | #22 | 0 |
| floating forms | #9 | #24 | up 1 |
| side navigation menu | #10 | #23 | 0 |
| side menu | #10 | #23 | 0 |
| sticky floating forms | #11 | #23 | down 1 |
| custom side menu | #12 | #24 | 0 |
| content tab | #13 | #23 | 0 |
| tab plugin | #13 | #23 | down 1 |
| tab post | #14 | #24 | down 1 |
| floating social | #14 | #24 | 0 |
| floating navigation menu | #14 | #23 | 0 |
| floating social icons | #16 | #24 | 0 |
| call to action your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
49 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 27 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “call to action” for “floating”. “call to action” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “floating” sits at #13 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 “floating menu”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 20 Mar 2024 · 956 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 965 · 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
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
1mo ago
latest release · v1.1.6 · 28 Sep 2026
17
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% 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 “600+”. 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 38% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 700+ in roughly 595 days.
Install history since 19 Mar 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Dennis Witjas1.8y ago
We are very happy with the plugin. It does what you want. A lot of settings you can use to have it in your own style. Also quick support if you have a question! Happy to have fount this plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bijay Shrestha2.6y ago
While testing I figured out a bug, reported and they fixed and released an update in no time.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
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
7 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 "Floating Side Tab lets you add customizable sticky tab menus on any page to showcase quick links, social ic..."
- ✓ 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 Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,663 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "call to action", "quick links tab" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-14 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-13 600+ → 500+ down after 29 days in tier
- 2026-05-15 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-14 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-12 500+ → 600+ up after 205 days in tier
- 2025-10-19 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-10-17 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-10-14 400+ → 500+ up after 126 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).
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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 -
Boxzilla – WordPress Popup Builder 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple Floating Menu 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Sticky Buttons – Floating Buttons Builder 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Simple Side Tab 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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