Easy Announcement Bar vs Simple Banner

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

Easy Announcement Bar

by Amzil Ayoub

Health C56

Simple Banner

by rpetersen29

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Easy Announcement BarSimple Banner

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	Easy Announcement Bar	Simple Banner
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+100% ✓	0%
Overall health	—	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	39/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	0	45 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	67/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.6y ago	21d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	79	41.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.9% ✓	2.3%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Easy Announcement BarSimple Banner

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.