5 Best WP Sticky Sidebar Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP Sticky Sidebar has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 5 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 5 closest alternatives to WP Sticky Sidebar
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Fuse Social Floating Sidebar
Closest match4.6 (58) 10,000+ active installsThis plugin allows you to add social media floating sidebar icons connected with your social media profiles.
Shares the floating sidebar tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.6 against 4.9, last updated July 2, 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. 1,000+ installs against 10,000+, no update since January 15, 2015.
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4.7 (760) 90,000+ active installsSticky Menu or Sticky Header sticks elements at the top of the screen when you scroll, or create a floating sticky menu or fixed widget.
Shares the sticky tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated 22 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. A similar number of 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. A similar number of installs, no update since October 22, 2021.
Switching from WP Sticky Sidebar: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP Sticky Sidebar?
Fuse Social Floating Sidebar is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which WP Sticky Sidebar alternative has the most users?
Sticky Menu & Sticky Header, with 90,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP Sticky Sidebar alternative is rated highest?
Sticky Menu & Sticky Header, rated 4.7 out of 5 by 760 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP Sticky Sidebar 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 WP Sticky Sidebar 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 WP Sticky Sidebar 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
Fuse Social Floating Sidebar is the closest match to WP Sticky Sidebar by the data we track, and Sticky Menu & Sticky Header has the widest reach with 90,000+ active installs. Sticky Menu & Sticky Header shipped the most recent release, on August 16, 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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