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Sticky Header Effects for Elementor
Great header effects currently fighting a battle against bloatware.
Healthy
70/100
The plugin offers useful header effects. Recent updates feel increasingly bloated.
Active installs
~383,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 300k+
Rating
4.5★
68 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+4%
Holding steady
1,337 → 1,385 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
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
Holding steady · +4% in the last year
1,337/day a year ago→1,385/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySticky Header Effects for Elementor is generally well-regarded as a capable and easy-to-use header enhancement tool for Elementor, but its reputation has taken a hit since v2.1.0 due to aggressive upselling and bundled plugin installs introduced by what appears to be a change in ownership or direction.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and removes the need for custom coding to achieve sticky header effects×4
- +Works well on desktop, including transparent background and scroll effects×5
- +Responsive and helpful support, with replies typically within 48 hours×3
- +Sticky panel/sidebar feature works reliably across screen sizes
- +Useful for making transparent headers change on scroll without extra CSS×2
Common complaints
- −Since v2.1.0, the plugin aggressively upsells PRO features and pushes installation of other plugins (e.g. WPDesignKit) via a new dashboard (since 2.1.0)
- −Mobile behavior is unreliable — sticky settings bleed from desktop to mobile, and transparent backgrounds break on phones×2
- −Header width becomes non-responsive and breaks when resizing the browser window×2
- −In-plugin documentation contains misleading guidance about Elementor's own sticky option, which conflicts with this plugin and causes layout issues
- −Background color change on scroll does not work for some users (reported on Hello Elementor theme)
- −No dual-logo support (different logos before and after scroll) — noted as a missing feature
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.53★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 68 total
Latest reviews · 68 analyzed
- 2025-11-27★★★★★Highly recommend ithaoge
- 2025-08-25★★★★★Fantastic Plugin! Helped Us Discover Even More Great ToolsUdayraj Khatri
- 2025-07-11★★★★★Plugin was great, now it's bloatware!jaydenbtc
- 2025-05-24★★★★★Incredibly usefuljkalukic
- 2025-05-18★★★★★Ups and downs over timeianstudio
- 2024-08-15★★★★★BestDeveloper zahir
- 2024-07-11★★★★★Kind of Worksteaneedz
- 2024-06-27★★★★★Best plugin after updaterzecki
- 2024-02-13★★★★★Works great!campus42
- 2023-11-21★★★★★Great, with superb supportjosflachs
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.
1,397
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,373
Prior 7-day baseline
2,446
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
60,606
Mean release-day peak (30d)
2,367
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+1.7%
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.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.54
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
71%
5★ share in analyzed sample
0%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-100%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.53 → 4.53★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered