Notibar vs Sticky Banner

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

Notibar

by Ninja Team

Health A90

Sticky Banner

by Dave Meier

Health B79

Active-install trajectory

Notibar Sticky 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	Notibar	Sticky Banner
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	8K–9K ✓	700–800
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+17% ✓
Overall health	A · 90 ✓	B · 79
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	87/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	93/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.68★ ✓	4.06★
Reviews	71 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	88/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6d ago ✓	6mo ago
Downloads · 30d	7.3K ✓	212
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Notibar Sticky 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.