Simple Website Banner

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 76% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ tesorocreative

   2.5y ago

   Simple and quick to use, especially if in need of a quick emergency banner. Just what I needed!

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2. ★★★★★ Transformations Program Australia

   4.8y ago

   I used this plugin on a website for an old age home. As they have stricter covid protocols, the visual appearance and ease of use for website visitors were important to me. The plugin is an easy and simple but yet a welcome and powerful tool to quickly add a covid banner. Well done, guys!

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3. ★★★★★ jusanoworpro

   6.3y ago

   Fast and Simple solution to my problem. My only suggestion is to stop the banner from showing on the page that I’ve specified the button to redirect to. I want it on every page, but not the one where I’m directing my users for more information.

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4. ★★★★★ Anonymous User

   6.4y ago

   That’s a very useful feature. Just what the people need.

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5. ★★★★★ Gimboid

   6.4y ago

   Straight forward and quick to implement, just what we need at this time.

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6. ★★★★★ Dale Mugford

   6.4y ago

   Simple, elegant, WordPress-y… Get your urgent message across about COVID-19 (or anything else, for that matter).

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7. ★★★★★ lindsaykelly

   6.4y ago

   Easy to get up and going in no time. As someone who has been inundated with requests to add COVID-19 response messages to many clients’ websites recently, this has been a huge time-saver. Love it!

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8. ★★★★★ Brian Hogg

   6.4y ago

   As the description says this isn’t a plugin to compete with full-featured banner plugins. For quickly displaying a message related to what you’re doing with the COVID-19 response though, it does the job!

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2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.4 Corona Virus (COVID-19) Banner & Live Data <= 1.8.0.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-05-06 CVE-2024-34429 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.8.0.3 Patched in 1.8.0.4
2. High · 8.8 Corona Virus (COVID-19) Banner & Live Data <= 1.7.0.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2022-10-24 CVE-2022-43469 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.7.0.6 Patched in 1.8.0.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.3

Translated into 5 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-07-29 700+ → 600+ down after 182 days in tier
2. 2026-01-28 800+ → 700+ down after 186 days in tier
3. 2025-07-26 900+ → 800+ down after 116 days in tier
4. 2025-04-01 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-03-31 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
6. 2025-03-29 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
7. 2025-03-27 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
8. 2025-03-25 1K+ → 900+ down after 402 days in tier

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).

• DR SARA COVID 10+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B
• COVID-19 em Tempo Real 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
• Corona Virus Live Ticker — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• Corona Virus Data 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C
• COVID-19 Float Button 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Corona Update 20+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D

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Simple Website Banner: 600+ active installs, 5.0★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/corona-virus-covid-19-banner