Top-Bar CodeBulls vs Notification Bar, Announcement and Cookie Notice W

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Top-Bar CodeBulls

by Jose Miguel Vega

Health D48

Notification Bar, Announcement and Cookie Notice W

by FooPlugins

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Top-Bar CodeBulls Notification Bar, Announcement and Cookie Notice W

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Top-Bar CodeBulls	Notification Bar, Announcement and Cookie Notice W
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 48	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	83/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.31★	4.31★ ✓
Reviews	7	10 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	50/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.1y ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	150	469 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Top-Bar CodeBulls Notification Bar, Announcement and Cookie Notice W

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.