Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons vs Sticky Side Buttons
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Sticky Side Buttons leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #1,731, ahead of Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons at #3,367. Over the last 7 days Sticky Side Buttons climbed 1 place and Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons slipped 5 places. Sticky Side Buttons has the largest install base, roughly 2.5× the next: 10K+ active installs against 4K+ for Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons. Downloads this week: Sticky Side Buttons 200 and Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons 166. Ratings: Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons 3★ from 15 and Sticky Side Buttons 4.5★ from 40 reviews.
| Metric | Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons | Sticky Side Buttons |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #3,367 ▼ 5 | #1,731 ▲ 1 |
| Active installs | 4K+ | 10K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 166 | 200 |
| Rating | 3★ (15) | 4.5★ (40) |
| Last updated | Aug 25, 2026 | Jul 2, 2025 |
| Current version | 7.0.2 | 2.0.3 |
| Best rank on record | #3,353 | #1,700 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Sep 2018 | Jan 2017 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons or Sticky Side Buttons?
By active installs, Sticky Side Buttons: 10K+ sites run it against 4K+ for Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 18, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons or Sticky Side Buttons?
Sticky Side Buttons, at #1,731 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons at #3,367. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons or Sticky Side Buttons alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.