Top Bar Announcements and News
by wisercoding · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · — installs across the portfolio →
Displays a colored top bar in your website for news, promotions and announcements. Customize text and colors!
41 health vs 56 average across 16,380 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.21.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2258 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
50
now · peak 124
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
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Dima Take Action 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
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ConvBoost Sticky Notification Bar — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Top Bar 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Easy Notification Bar 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/announcements-bar" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Top Bar Announcements and News — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Top Bar Announcements and News: — active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/announcements-bar