Attention Grabber (Hello Bar Alternative)
by conversioninsights · Uncategorized
Grab your visitor's attention and get them to sign up for your email list, or tell them about a specific page they should visit.
42 health vs 57 average across 9,793 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4554 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
36
now · peak 114
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-02 40+ → 30+ down after 182 days in band
- 2025-06-03 50+ → 40+ down after 283 days in band
- 2024-08-24 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-23 50+ → 60+ up after 5 days in band
- 2024-08-18 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-08-16 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-15 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-14 50+ → 60+ up after 8 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WPFront Notification Bar 50K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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