Easy Notification Bar vs Top Bar

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

Easy Notification Bar

by WPExplorer

Health B83

Top Bar

by WP Darko

Health B77

Active-install trajectory

Easy Notification Bar Top Bar

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 Notification Bar	Top Bar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	9K–10K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	B · 83 ✓	B · 77
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	89/100 ✓	84/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100 ✓	75/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.31★ ✓	4.00★
Reviews	16	43 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	93/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago ✓	7mo ago
Downloads · 30d	1.1K ✓	971
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Easy Notification Bar Top Bar

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.