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Announcement Bar

by Austin · Admin & Utilities

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A fixed position (header) HTML with jQuery drop-down announcement bar using Custom Post Types.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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40 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 62/100
Support 70/100

40 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

3K+

Active installs

≈3.9K estimated

17.2K

Total downloads

since 2011

3.49★

Rating (adjusted)

1.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+69%

243

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 4/100
Rating quality 50/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4146 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+69% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

243

now · peak 299

24230d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Announcement Bar · #3931 you Simple Banner · #772 Notification Bar, An · #4018 Bottom Admin Toolbar · #5219

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

1Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

81per 1k installs · Aug 26

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
3K–4K ≈3.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-04-24 · 1,433 observations

3KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
0 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
2

Details

Version
0.4.1
Last updated
11.4y ago
Added
2011-08-02 · 15 yrs old
Requires WP
3.2
Tested up to
4.2.39
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ raisingsails
    8.0y ago

    It will show up on every page and jack up your header.

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  2. ★★★★★ coderkevin
    9.8y ago

    I see the HTML in the source, but it doesn’t show up visually for the Twenty Sixteen default theme and other themes that I tested.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 0.3 Dashboard fix. Other stuff I can’t remember. 0.3
  2. — Version 0.2.2 [BUG FIX] An error in the dashboard widget is causing some large images. Sorry. Always escape. 0.2.2
  3. — Version 0.2.1 Russian Translation files added (thanks to Elvis: http://wp.turkenichev.ru/). 0.2.1
  4. — Version 0.2 Complete overhaul. [NEW] Now saves bar position with cookies. Added backwords compatibility for jQuery [NEW] Add your own custom CSS. 0.2
  5. — Version 0.1.5 Updated .attr() to .prop() for jQuery 1.6.x. New minimum install requirements. 0.1.5
  6. — Version 0.1.4 Dashboard widget updated. 0.1.4

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2024-11-30 4K+ → 3K+ down

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