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Coronavirus Alert Bar

by Ryan Bracey · Uncategorized

Also makes 1 other plugin · 60+ installs across the portfolio →

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Quickly add an alert bar for COVID-19 information to your website

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,381 Uncategorized plugins

40+

Active installs

≈47 estimated

3.8K

Total downloads

since 2020

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+31%

46

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

Removal-risk signals

53/100

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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.17.

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.

24 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 3/100
WP compatibility 28/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 20/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1940 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+31% vs prior 30d
3Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

46

now · peak 88

4630d downloads · Sep 26

Directory rank

wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better

21.5KRank · Jul 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.

1.1Kper 1k installs · Sep 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

5.3y ago

latest release · v1.0.4

5

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.4 · 5.3y ago1.0.3 · 6.2y ago1.0.2 · 6.2y ago1.0.1 · 6.3y ago1.0 · 6.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
40–50 ≈47

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

Install history · since 2021-12-09 · 1,380 observations

40Installs · Sep 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★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0.4
Last updated
5.3y ago
Added
2020-04-16 · 6 yrs old
Requires WP
4.7.0
Tested up to
5.7.17
Requires PHP
5.4
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ osandigital
    6.2y ago

    Loving this already! Beautiful design. Easy to use. Not visually clumsy. It’s a solid YES from me.

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  2. ★★★★★ Ryan Townley
    6.3y ago

    I’m giving this 5-stars because it’s a very good start to what can be a really great plugin. It’s clean. It’s simple. The settings are in the customizer like they should be for a front end feature like this. I was also able to apply some custom CSS to fit in better with my theme without issue. Consider a name change at some point since this can do a lot more than just specifically alert about Coronavirus. Make it the go-to notice bar plugin. The others are outdated and mostly horrible on the front end. Thanks and please keep up the great work. I’ll be using this on several sites.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.7.1

✓ 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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more · development strings

Danish 100%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-12 50+ → 40+ down after 14 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-28 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-27 50+ → 40+ down after 152 days in tier
  4. 2026-01-26 60+ → 50+ down after 121 days in tier
  5. 2025-09-27 70+ → 60+ down after 10 days in tier
  6. 2025-09-17 60+ → 70+ up after 59 days in tier
  7. 2025-07-20 80+ → 60+ down after 5 days in tier
  8. 2025-07-15 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier

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