Larbous Floating Menu
by Luiz Sobral · Admin & Utilities
This plugin creates a floating menu set to the left position. Set the options in Settings / Larbous Floating Menu
43 health vs 56 average across 1,652 Admin & Utilities plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4344 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
110
now · peak 110
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Simple Floating Menu 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
Float menu – awesome floating side menu 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Side Menu Lite – Sticky Floating Side Menu 7K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
DeveloPress Sticky Footer Bar 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C - C CodeFlavors floating menu 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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