7 Best Dashboard Sticky Notes Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Dashboard Sticky Notes has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 7 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 7 closest alternatives to Dashboard Sticky Notes
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WP Dashboard Notes
Closest match4.6 (110) 20,000+ active installsWorking with multiple persons on a website? Want to make notes? You can do just that with WP Dashboard Notes. Create beautiful notes with a nice user …
Shares the note, notes tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated April 8, 2026.
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5.0 (24) 9,000+ active installsAdds simple notes to post, page and custom post type edit screen.
Shares the note, notes tags on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, no update since September 4, 2025.
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4.9 (38) 4,000+ active installsAdds 9 awesome widgets to your WP Dashboard. Includes User Notes, Social Buttons, System Info, Debug/Error Logs, and more!
Shares the dashboard, notes tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated July 17, 2026.
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4.7 (20) 1,000+ active installsExtends the native sticky post functionality to custom post types in a way that is identical to default posts.
Shares the sticky tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since January 15, 2015.
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WP Sticky Sidebar – Floating Sidebar On Scroll for Any Theme
4.9 (152) 10,000+ active installsWP Sticky Sidebar plugin will make your menu or header stick to the side of page, after desired number of pixels when scrolled 📌
Shares the sticky tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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4.5 (40) 10,000+ active installsFlexible button creator allowing you to stick floating buttons to the side of your site.
Shares the sticky tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since July 2, 2025.
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4.1 (24) 10,000+ active installsEasy Sticky header installation
Shares the sticky tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since October 22, 2021.
Switching from Dashboard Sticky Notes: common questions
What is the best alternative to Dashboard Sticky Notes?
WP Dashboard Notes is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Dashboard Sticky Notes alternative has the most users?
WP Dashboard Notes, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Dashboard Sticky Notes alternative is rated highest?
WP Sticky Sidebar, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 152 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Dashboard Sticky Notes alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Dashboard Sticky Notes score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Dashboard Sticky Notes on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
WP Dashboard Notes is the closest match to Dashboard Sticky Notes by the data we track, and WP Dashboard Notes has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. WP Sticky Sidebar shipped the most recent release, on August 13, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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