Basic Banner
by hisman · Uncategorized
Allows you to create and display banners in WordPress.
45 health vs 56 average across 11,512 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.15.
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 1908 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 2022-10-08 · 1,378 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
29
now · peak 79
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-07 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 40+ → 50+ up after 88 days in tier
- 2026-04-20 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-18 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-16 50+ → 40+ down after 160 days in tier
- 2025-11-07 60+ → 50+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2025-10-25 50+ → 60+ up after 152 days in tier
- 2025-05-26 60+ → 50+ down after 94 days in tier
- 2025-02-21 50+ → 60+ up after 37 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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CookieAdmin – Cookie Consent Banner 400K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Image Widget 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple Banner – Easily add multiple Banners/Bars/Notifications/Announcements to the top or bottom of your website 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
AdRotate Banner Manager 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Quads Ads Manager for Google AdSense 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Top Bar 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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