LowerMedia Sticky.js Menus
by 9ete · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 120+ installs across the portfolio →
Sticky Headers, Menus, Widgets, Anything! WordPress plugin that integrates sticky.js and makes your primary navigation menu and/or header sticky (wil …
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
100+
≈160 estimated
Momentum
+16%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “headers”, “js” and “navigation” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 32K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,781 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 4.1.42, well behind 7.1.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4295 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 7.1
4.9★ over 12 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.3★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4295 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
50
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 11d
43%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 11d
+0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| headers your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| js your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| multisite your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| navigation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sticky.js your tag | Not checked yet | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “headers”, “js” and “navigation” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 4 Nov 2024 · 729 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 223 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 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 "Sticky Headers, Menus, Widgets, Anything! WordPress plugin that integrates sticky.js and makes your primary..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,354 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "multisite" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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).
- C Clear Cache for Me 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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Float menu – awesome floating side menu 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A - E Exclude Pages 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag D
- M Menu Duplicator 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
- O Oceanwp sticky header 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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Classic Menu Block 7K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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