MC4WP: Mailchimp Top Bar vs WPFront Notification Bar

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

MC4WP: Mailchimp Top Bar

by Danny van Kooten

Health A88

WPFront Notification Bar

by Syam Mohan

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

MC4WP: Mailchimp Top Bar WPFront Notification 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	MC4WP: Mailchimp Top Bar	WPFront Notification Bar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	6K–7K	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 88	A · 88
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100 ✓	86/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.44★ ✓	4.40★
Reviews	31	131 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9d ago ✓	11d ago
Downloads · 30d	5.4K ✓	4.1K
Category	Email & Marketing	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

MC4WP: Mailchimp Top Bar WPFront Notification 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.