My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu)

85 Quality Score

Active Installs

23/30

With 100,000 active installs, the plugin has solid traction, though it sits well below category leaders like Sticky Header Effects for Elementor at 300,000 installs.

Update Freshness

25/25

Last updated June 2026 and tested up to WordPress 7.0, the maintenance signals are strong and recent, suggesting the developer is actively keeping pace with core releases.

User Rating

15/15

A 98/100 rating from 1,194 users is an unusually strong signal and indicates near-universal satisfaction among those who took the time to review it.

Support Health

8/15

All 8 support threads on record are resolved, which is a clean record, though the absolute volume of support activity is low and may indicate either low demand for help or limited community engagement.

WP Compatibility

15/15

The plugin requires only WordPress 4.7 or higher and shows compatibility tested against the latest 7.0 release, giving it a broad compatibility footprint across older and newer sites.

Scores higher than 95% of indexed plugins

About

Create a welcome notification bar for your website. Also, My Sticky Bar plugin can make your menu or header sticky to the top when scrolled 📌

Active Installs 100k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.9/5

Last Updated 2026-09-23 12:19pm GMT

Requires WordPress 4.7+

Tested Up To 7.1.2

Security History

6 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 High 4 Medium 1 Low

Most recent: March 11, 2026

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My Sticky Bar <= 2.8.6 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'stickymenu_contact_lead_form' Action High

March 11, 2026 Patched in ["2.8.7"] CVE-2026-3657

My Sticky Bar <= 2.7.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

August 23, 2024 Patched in ["2.7.3"] CVE-2024-7133

My Sticky Bar (formerly myStickymenu) <= 2.7.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

July 11, 2024 Patched in ["2.7.2"] CVE-2024-4090

My Sticky Bar <= 2.6.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Sensitive Information Exposure Low

January 3, 2024 Patched in ["2.6.7"] CVE-2023-7048

myStickymenu <= 2.6.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Form Lead Deletion Medium

October 27, 2023 Patched in ["2.6.5"] CVE-2023-5509

myStickymenu <= 2.5.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

June 21, 2021 Patched in ["2.5.2"] CVE-2021-24425

What It Does

My Sticky Bar adds a customizable floating notification bar at the top or bottom of your WordPress site, useful for announcements, promotions, or newsletter signups. It can also pin your existing navigation menu or header to the top of the viewport as visitors scroll. Both features are controlled from a single settings screen with colour, position, and visibility options.

Who It's For

This plugin fits small to mid-sized site owners who want a simple, code-free way to display a sticky announcement bar or keep their main menu visible while scrolling. It is a good match for ecommerce stores, restaurants, real estate agents, course creators, and anyone running a short-term promotion or event campaign.

Who Should Skip It

If you need deep design customisation, A/B testing of bar variants, advanced targeting rules, or rich analytics on bar performance, you will outgrow this plugin quickly. Sites already using a full marketing stack (OptinMonster, NotificationX, ConvertBox, etc.) have little reason to add another lightweight bar tool.

The Bottom Line

My Sticky Bar is a focused, well-maintained utility that does two things (sticky bar and sticky header) reliably and without bloat, earning an 84.59/100 quality score. Its near-perfect user rating and clean support record make it a safe default for straightforward sites, though power users and marketers will want richer alternatives like NotificationX or Sticky Header Effects for Elementor.

Pick this if your site is built with Elementor and you want advanced scroll-triggered header animations, transparency effects, and per-section sticky behaviour.

Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 84/100

Pick this when you need to stick any single element on the page, not just the header or a bar, and want fine-grained scroll-offset control.

NotificationX 83/100

Pick this for FOMO-style popups, WooCommerce sales notifications, social proof feeds, and richer engagement analytics rather than a plain sticky bar.

WPFront Notification Bar 82/100

Pick this if you want a more traditional top bar with scheduled start and end dates, role-based visibility, and cookie-triggered re-display rules.

Float Menu 81/100

Pick this when you need a vertical floating side menu of icons or quick links rather than a horizontal announcement bar or header.