Simple Sticky Footer
by Sandor Kovacs · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 2.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
Simple Sticky Footer is a lightweight plugin, it allows to promote/advertise a WP Page (rich-text document) as a sticky footer (always on top div).
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
600+
≈670 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “advertising”, “div always on top” and “sticky div” 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.
47 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 48K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39, well behind 6.8.
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 3612 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 6.8
3.9★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.07★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3612 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| advertising your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| div always on top your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sticky div your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sticky footer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “advertising”, “div always on top” and “sticky div” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 186 · 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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
9.9y ago
latest release · v1.3.5 · 10 Dec 2016
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 69% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Jan 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Esteban885.7y ago
Unfortunately it does not work in WP 5.6.X the developer abandoned the plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wp_caiafa8.7y ago
Lo uso con el tema Twenty Eleven, funciona muy bien, gracias
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ metaeditor9.5y ago
Very nice Plugin works also perfect with Page Designer and Gravity Forms. One tiny wish would be to close the sticky footer But anyway thank you for the updates and good work
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Noahj Champion10.4y ago
I tested this with Avada and had no problems out of the box. This is definitely a good solution for any website that needs a sticky footer and needs to make it easily. Because this plugin pull from a page’s content, then creating the content for your Sticky footer is simple as creating a page, then selecting that page to be your stick footer content. And that’t it. Done, unless you want to add some fancy effects 🙂 5 Stars.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Israel Umaña Sedó10.7y ago
didn’t work for me. Tower theme.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Juergen Schulze12.0y ago
does not work on evolve theme. nothing shows up. too bad
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ RPL12.6y ago
Did exactly what I needed it to do, had to fiddle around with the styles a bit though.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ejaz12.8y ago
Very good plugin, works like a charm.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.3.5). 1 of 2 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 Simple Sticky Footer <= 1.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-06-19 CVE-2025-50019 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.3.5 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Simple Sticky Footer is a lightweight plugin, it allows to promote/advertise a WP Page (rich-text document)..."
- ✓ 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 One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and 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 800 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 4 tags appear in the text ("advertising", "div always on top", "sticky div" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 700+ → 600+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2026-06-29 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-28 700+ → 600+ down after 180 days in tier
- 2025-12-30 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-29 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-28 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-26 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-25 800+ → 700+ down after 1 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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Quick Adsense 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Website Article Monetization By MageNet 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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