Ultimate Floating Widgets – Make popup sidebars

Create sticky / fixed / popup bubble and flyout sidebars and add your widgets to…

Author:	Aakash Chakravarthy (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:	4.6
WordPress version tested:	6.4.3
Plugin version:	2.8
Added to WordPress repository:	09-01-2021
Last updated:	07-02-2024
Rating, %:	96
Rated by:	11
Plugin URI:	https://www.aakashweb.com/wordpress-plugins/u...
Total downloads:	21 628
Active installs:	3 000+
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Ultimate floating widgets plugin allows you to add floating widgets to your site. If your theme does not have a sidebar or wish not to have a sidebar but still have widgets then with this plugin you can add a floating sidebar with widgets in it.

This sidebar/widgets (widget box) will be in a collapsed state and users can expand it by clicking on a floating button. There are different types and positions for the widget box like “popup bubble” and “Flyout”

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???? Make Widgets Popup

Create a floating sidebar (widget box)
Configure it as a “Popup bubble” or a “Flyout” sidebar from plugin settings page.
Add your WordPress widgets to it.
Voila !
You have your favorite widgets floating/sticking to the page corner/sides which users can click and open.

✨ Features

Ultimate Floating Widgets is a unique plugin helping users to place widgets in floating sidebars/widget boxes. It has below features using which you can utilize the power of widgets on any theme, with or without a sidebar !

Display widgets in Popup/Flyout
Add any number of widgets to the popup.
Minimize and open widget boxes with a button.
Unlimited number of popups.
Multiple triggers to open the floating sidebar.
Show the floating widget box in 4 corner positions.
Saves the popup open and closed state using cookies.
Customize with colors, size, icons, styles and more.
Options to hide the widget box in posts, pages, mobile devices.
Mobile ready and responsive
Automatic open/close on scrolling the page.
Supports all themes.

???? Use cases

You can use Ultimate floating widgets plugin for multiple purposes using the power of widgets. Some ideas and use cases are mentioned below,

A sticky contact form widget added to the corner of the page.
A floating feedback form widget.
Floating widgets like search box, gallery, recent posts.
Instagram/Facebook/Twitter/any social based widget can be added as a floating popup to the corner of the page.
Literally any widget you would like to stay everywhere !

???? PRO version

There is a PRO version where below advanced features are available to further enhance the popup widget experience.

Multiple columns – With multiple columns feature you can add widgets to multiple columns inside one widget box
On show and idle animation – Add an animation to the button when it is loaded on the page or when it is in idle state to grab user attention.
Advanced location rules – Create custom complex rules to insert the widget box only in specific pages as required
Visitor conditions – Target users based on conditions like referrer, browser, OS, device type, user login status, user role, number of times user has visited the site, number of times user has logged in and more !

More information – Live demo