Responsive Menu vs Sticky Menu
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| Feature | Responsive Menu v4.7.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details | Sticky Menu v2.36 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 70,000+ | 90,000+ |
| Last updated | October 12, 2026 | August 16, 2026 |
| Editions | Responsive Menu · Responsive Menu Pro ($) | Sticky Menu (or Anything!) on Scroll · WP Sticky PRO ($) |
| Pros | Works with any WordPress menu and most themes; Trigger button with aria-expanded and labelled submenus; Live editor with style options and no code | Any element can stick, chosen by CSS selector; Top offset, screen-width limits and admin-bar handling; Background colour when the element is stuck |
| Cons | Desktop and mega menus need the paid Pro edition; Free edition shows upgrade prompts for locked options; Theme catalogue is fetched from the vendor site at runtime | Needs a unique CSS selector for each element; Page-level targeting and visual picker are PRO only; Admin screens show upsell prompts for other products |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Hamburger trigger button with aria-expanded, Integrated menu search box, Hide menu items by login state or user role, Multiple menu configurations stored as a custom post type, Shortcodes to place a menu anywhere, Pre-built menu themes loaded from the vendor catalogue, Elementor widget, Locked options show an upgrade message | Make any CSS-selected element sticky on scroll, Top offset for the stuck element, Minimum and maximum screen width for sticking, Account for the WordPress admin bar, Push-up, dynamic and legacy stick modes, Background colour when the element is stuck, Limit stickiness to selected posts, pages, categories or tags ($), Settings page under Settings menu |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Elementor | — |
| Requires WordPress | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.1 | 5.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.3 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | responsive.menu | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |