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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “sticky button”

wp.org orders by popularity, so a plugin a host bundled onto millions of sites, or a big-brand one that's slow and mediocre, can sit at the top. Our ranking is built to answer a different question: which of these is actually worth installing. How this works →

For “sticky button”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 2 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

wp.org search ranks on

Install count (uncapped), the raw star average, freshness, and support. Popularity dominates, so the biggest install base usually wins regardless of how it got there.

We add

A cap on the install boost, volume-weighted ratings, and signals wp.org can't see: whether it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Sticky Elementor – Sticky Header, Menu Color After Sticky, Logo Swap & Back to Top Button shows at wp.org #7 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 600+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements places #7 on merit, 4.9★ from 542 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (151) wp.org #1 2 Sticky Header Effects for Elementor 300K+ · 4.5★ (69) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ · 4.9★ (1199) wp.org #9 ↓3 6 too low 4 Sticky Chat Widget – Floating Chat Icons, Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, Email & Message Buttons 10K+ · 5.0★ (39) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Simple Chat Button 40K+ · 4.8★ (14) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Sticky Buttons – Floating Buttons Builder 10K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #2 4 too high 7 All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements 40K+ · 4.9★ (542) wp.org #19 ↑1 12 too low 8 Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244) wp.org #20 12 too low 9 WP Call Button – Easy Click to Call Button for WordPress 40K+ · 4.7★ (69) wp.org #16 ↓2 7 too low 10 WP CTA – Call Now Button, Sticky Button & Call to Action Builder 2K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #6 ↑1 4 too high 11 Button Generator – Easily Create Custom Buttons with Icons and Analytics 4K+ · 4.3★ (18) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too low 12 All-in-One Sticky Anything – Click to Call, Fixed Widget, Sticky Header, Menu & Sidebar 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #17 ↑1 5 too low 13 Buttonizer – Live Chat, AI Chatbot, Call, Chat, Contact Button 50K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #14 ↑2 1 too low 14 Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons 4K+ · 3.0★ (15) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Bolt CTA Button – Floating Call Button for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 Simple Sticky Add To Cart For WooCommerce 800+ · 4.3★ (39) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 WP Sticky Button – Click to Chat 10K+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #8 9 too high 18 Add Chat App Button 2K+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #23 ↑1 5 too low 19 Side Menu Lite – Sticky Floating Side Menu 7K+ · 4.0★ (12) wp.org #22 3 too low 20 Floating Awesome Button (Sticky Button, Popup, Toast) & 200+ Website Custom Interactive Element 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #18 ↑1 2 too high 21 Sticky Floating Forms Lite 800+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #13 ↓1 8 too high 22 WPC Sticky Add To Cart for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #15 ↑2 7 too high 23 Sticky Elementor – Sticky Header, Menu Color After Sticky, Logo Swap & Back to Top Button 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↑2 16 too high 24 Sticky Banner 800+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 3 too high

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 1M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted Bayesian score and a Wilson lower bound, and keeps wp.org's own freshness and compatibility decays. Method from the plugin-directory source; see Meta Trac #8298. Positions are tracked daily from the first visit to a keyword, so the small arrows show movement since tracking began.