68
Float menu – awesome floating side menu
Simple floating menus that feel a bit too basic without Pro.
Declining
68/100
Users enjoy the simple setup and responsive support. Some find the essential customization features are locked behind a paywall.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.4★
41 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-50%
Declining fast
242 → 122 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
- MINORdownloads down 50% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -50% in the last year
242/day a year ago→122/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayFloat Menu is a well-liked floating side menu plugin praised for its simplicity and responsive support, but some users find meaningful customization locked behind paid upgrades and a recent version introduced a label-hover regression.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use, described as simple and quick to get running×5
- +Effective for improving site navigation with floating icons×4
- +CSS-friendly and supports deep customization for users willing to invest the time×2
- +Support team is highly responsive×3
- +Paid version considered good value at the $25 price point×2
Common complaints
- −Button labels no longer appear on hover after a version update (since 7.0.1)
- −Core customization features are locked and require purchasing additional plugins
- −At least one user reported icons going missing without explanation
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.37★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.40★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 41 total
Latest reviews · 41 analyzed
- 2025-03-12★★★★★Awesome pluginafromcpie
- 2025-02-17★★★★★Upgrading broke the functionalitywurstbrot
- 2025-02-05★★★★★Best free popup plugingerhardst67
- 2024-03-28★★★★★Very good!Wiktor
- 2024-01-06★★★★★wpForms 멋진플러그인YOUELBLOCKS Team
- 2023-12-22★★★★★I cannot find my icon anymore :-( Why?buddylove24
- 2023-11-23★★★★★Not Much Can Douph1967creations
- 2023-11-11★★★★★Great Little Menukimstuart
- 2023-10-22★★★★★Great plugin, responsive and helpful Support teamfrankpolat1-shot
- 2023-09-08★★★★★perfect workcaw67
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
216
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
115
Prior 7-day baseline
166
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
3,742
Mean release-day peak (30d)
216
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+87.8%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
20%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.94
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
83%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.41 → 4.37★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered