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Float menu – awesome floating side menu v7.2.5

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

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  • Audit coverage Up to date 30 versions audited
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 9, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 9, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 7.4+
  • Requires WordPress 4.3+
  • Tested up to WP 7.1 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 66% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 103 Passed
  • 17 Warnings
  • 5 Failed
Security 84/100
Good

31 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 84/100
Good

51 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 92/100
Excellent

11 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 100/100
Excellent

3 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

1.2 MB

2.3 MB unzipped

Total files

142

across all file types

Lines of PHP

5,739

in 69 files Medium

File types

  • PHP
  • PNG
  • CSS
  • JS
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 0 Critical
  • 4 High
  • 35 Medium
  • 26 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Float menu – awesome floating side menu, Accessibility improved the most (+17). The largest regression was in Compatibility (-17). The codebase shrank 19% in size.

Audited 6.0.2 → 7.2.5 · 30 versions

0 50 100 6.0.2 7.0 7.1.2 7.2.5

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 95 190 6.0.2 7.0 7.1.2 7.2.5

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

1,190

downloads

Today

184

downloads

Week over week

−21%

vs previous week

Month over month

−47%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

34% of installs run an older version

≈ 10.1K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v6.0
  • v7.0
  • v7.2

Ratings

41 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 34
  • 4 0
  • 3 1
  • 2 2
  • 1 4

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Aug 6, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 26 days

average between releases

Total releases

56

since Nov 2017 · 9 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Float menu in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Float menu v7.2.5 flagged 65 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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