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NoticeWave Popup vs Simple Banner

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

Simple Banner is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 83 for NoticeWave Popup, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	NoticeWave Popup	Simple Banner
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	50K–60K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	B · 83	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	1	45 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	21d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	71	41.3K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-3%	-41%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.3% ✓	2.3%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

NoticeWave PopupSimple 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.