Float menu – awesome floating side menu

81 Quality Score

Active Installs

20/30

With 30,000 active installs, it has a respectable but moderate user base, well below category leaders like Breadcrumb NavXT at 800,000 installs.

Update Freshness

25/25

A perfect maintenance score reflects that the plugin was last updated in May 2026 and is tested against WordPress 7.0, signaling an actively maintained codebase.

User Rating

13/15

A rating of 88 out of 100 from 41 reviewers is strong, though the small sample size means the score could shift quickly with more feedback.

Support Health

8/15

Support health is the weak link here, with zero support threads recorded, which makes it hard to gauge how responsive the developer is when issues arise.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Full marks for compatibility, supporting WordPress 4.3 and up to 7.0, plus PHP 7.4, covering essentially every modern WordPress installation.

Scores higher than 83% of indexed plugins

About

Easily create floating menus of varying complexity. Use its capabilities to place unique navigation on the site.

Active Installs 30k+

Rating ★★★★ 4.4/5

Last Updated 2026-08-25 6:02am GMT

Requires WordPress 4.3+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

5 known vulnerabilities, all patched

5 Medium

Most recent: March 27, 2025

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Float menu <= 6.1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update Medium

March 27, 2025 Patched in ["6.1.3"] CVE-2025-30912

Float menu – awesome floating side menu <= 6.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Menu Deletion Medium

April 11, 2024 Patched in ["6.0.1"] CVE-2024-2405

Float menu <= 5.0.2 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

June 19, 2023 Patched in ["5.0.3"] CVE-2023-3225

Multiple Wow-Company Plugins (Various Versions) -- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'page' parameter Medium

May 22, 2023 Patched in ["5.0.2"] CVE-2023-2362

Float Menu <= 4.3 - Arbitrary Menu Deletion via Cross-Site Request Forgery Medium

January 24, 2022 Patched in ["4.3.1"] CVE-2022-0313

What It Does

Float Menu adds a persistent, sticky navigation panel that stays visible as visitors scroll through your WordPress site, giving you a compact menu for quick links, call-to-action buttons, or contact shortcuts. It supports multi-level menus and lets you choose which pages or post types the floating menu appears on. In practice, it behaves like a side-anchored navigation widget that travels with the user.

Who It's For

This plugin fits small to mid-sized businesses that want a always-visible shortcut bar for things like booking links, phone numbers, location maps, or category navigation, especially on sites with long landing pages. The listed use cases (restaurants, real estate agents, law firms, course platforms) all benefit when visitors need fast access to key actions without scrolling back to the top.

Who Should Skip It

If your site already has a well-organized top navigation menu and your visitors rarely scroll more than a screen or two, a floating menu adds visual clutter without real value. Sites focused on long-form reading, blogs, or minimalist portfolios should skip it.

The Bottom Line

Float Menu earns an 80.75 out of 100 overall, with top-tier maintenance and compatibility, but its limited install base and absence of public support activity are real concerns. It is a solid choice for businesses that genuinely need persistent on-page navigation shortcuts, but if you only have a handful of important links, a well-placed button or top-bar plugin will do the job with less overhead.

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