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

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 navigation”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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 #8 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 15 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 #5 on merit, 4.9★ from 542 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 90K+ · 4.7★ (762) wp.org #1 2 My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ · 4.9★ (1198) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Sticky Header Effects for Elementor 300K+ · 4.5★ (69) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #9 5 too low 5 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 #13 8 too low 6 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4126) wp.org #10 ↑1 4 too low 7 Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (878) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 Sticky Block for Gutenberg Editor 8K+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2045) wp.org #17 ↑3 8 too low 10 Catch Sticky Menu 2K+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 Bubble Menu – Floating Button Menu with Sticky Navigation 1K+ · 4.2★ (9) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 too high 12 All-in-One Sticky Anything – Click to Call, Fixed Widget, Sticky Header, Menu & Sidebar 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too high 13 Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar 10K+ · 4.8★ (40) wp.org #19 ↓1 6 too low 14 Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (151) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 Superb Addons: Blocks, Patterns, Pre-built Pages, Sliders, Popups, Free Forms, Animations & More 80K+ · 4.9★ (23) wp.org #21 6 too low 16 Sticky Buttons – Floating Buttons Builder 10K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #6 ↓1 10 too high 17 Sticky Side Buttons 10K+ · 4.5★ (40) wp.org #23 6 too low 18 Side Menu Lite – Sticky Floating Side Menu 7K+ · 4.0★ (12) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 Dynamic Header & Navigation for Block Themes 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 UnoDock – Mobile Bottom Navigation 600+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons 4K+ · 3.0★ (15) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Fixed And Sticky Header 1K+ · 3.3★ (7) wp.org #12 10 too high 23 Sticky Elementor – Sticky Header, Menu Color After Sticky, Logo Swap & Back to Top Button 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 15 too high 24 Floaty Header – Sticky Header, Floating Bar & Announcement Bar 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.