Top Bar vs Easy Notification Bar

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

Top Bar

by WP Darko

Health B77

Easy Notification Bar

by WPExplorer

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Top Bar Easy 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	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 · 77	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	84/100	89/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	75/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.00★	4.31★ ✓
Reviews	43 ✓	16
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	94/100 ✓	93/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7mo ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	971	1.1K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Top Bar Easy 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.