WP Notification Bars vs Simple Alert System

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

Health D43

Health B79

Active-install trajectory

Simple Alert System moved down one install band, 50+ to 40+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	WP Notification Bars	Simple Alert System
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	40–50
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	D · 43 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	96/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★ ✓	—
Reviews	41 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	49/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.7y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	1.1K ✓	217
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.9% ✓	0.4%
Category	Social	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

WP Notification BarsSimple Alert System

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.