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Floating Side Tab

by WP Shuffle · Admin & Utilities

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Floating Side Tab lets you add customizable sticky tab menus on any page to showcase quick links, social icons, forms, or custom content.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
84 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

84 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

600+

Active installs

≈660 estimated

8.8K

Total downloads

since 2024

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+8%

224

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

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.

89 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2024-03-20 · 893 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+8% vs prior 30d
12Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

224

now · peak 742

21930d downloads · Aug 26

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

Floating Side Tab · #8353 you Sticky Menu & Sticky · #469 Float menu · #995 Boxzilla · #1135

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.

365per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How 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

4mo ago

latest release · v1.1.5

16

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1.5 · 4mo ago1.1.4 · 1.2y ago1.1.3 · 1.3y ago1.1.2 · 1.4y ago1.1.1 · 1.8y ago1.1.0 · 1.9y ago1.0.9 · 1.9y ago1.0.8 · 2.0y ago1.0.7 · 2.1y ago1.0.6 · 2.3y ago1.0.5 · 2.4y ago1.0.4 · 2.4y ago1.0.3 · 2.4y ago1.0.2 · 2.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.1 97%
v1.0 3.1%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
600–700 ≈660

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 700+ in roughly 127 days.

Install history · since 2024-03-19 · 890 observations

600Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.1.5
Last updated
1mo ago
Added
2024-03-17 · 2 yrs old
Requires WP
5.2
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.2
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Dennis Witjas
    1.6y 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!

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  2. ★★★★★ Bijay Shrestha
    2.4y ago

    While testing I figured out a bug, reported and they fixed and released an update in no time.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✓ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-14 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-13 600+ → 500+ down after 29 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-15 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-14 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
  5. 2026-05-12 500+ → 600+ up after 205 days in tier
  6. 2025-10-19 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
  7. 2025-10-17 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in tier
  8. 2025-10-14 400+ → 500+ up after 126 days in tier

Competes with

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