Top Bar vs Easy Notification Bar

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

Health B73

Health B79

Active-install trajectory

Top Bar moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Top Bar	Easy Notification Bar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	9K–10K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 73	B · 79 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	74/100	80/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	75/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	43 ✓	16
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	87/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9mo ago	8mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	1.2K	1.2K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.3%	6.1% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Top BarEasy 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.