News Ticker – Floating Headlines & Sticky Alerts
by A WP Life · Uncategorized
Also makes 31 other plugins · 78.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
A high-performance floating news ticker for WordPress featuring smooth CSS animations, a modern React dashboard, and complete customization.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-6%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “alerts”, “news header” and “sticky bar” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 18.8K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,785 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 4 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 76 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
1.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
15%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| breaking news your tag | #9 | #24 | up 1 |
| headlines | #13 | #24 | down 1 |
| news headlines | #6 | #24 | up 2 |
| creative news ticker | #6 | #24 | down 1 |
| news ticker your tag | #20 | #24 | down 1 |
| breaking news ticker | #9 | #24 | down 1 |
| jquery news ticker | #9 | #24 | down 1 |
| latest news ticker | #15 | #24 | down 1 |
| simple ticker | #16 | #24 | up 3 |
| post headlines | #24 | #24 | down 2 |
| wp news ticker | #23 | #24 | down 1 |
| wordpress news ticker | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| ticker news | #23 | #24 | down 1 |
| alerts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| news header your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sticky bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
48 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 13 listed. 35 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “alerts”, “news header” and “sticky bar” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 397 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v1.3.4 · 6 Jun 2026
45
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 57% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.4 years ago; the previous band took 15 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 29 May 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ntjedge5.1y ago
This is a fantastic plugin that floats headlines wherever it wants randomly. Perfect to waste your time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ A WP Life9.5y ago
This plugin works on the website frontend. You will see a new later float on your website, right to left.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 4 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 12 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 12 of 12 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("great for", "perfect for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,704 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-05-28 200+ → 100+ down after 461 days in tier
- 2023-02-22 300+ → 200+ down after 50 days in tier
- 2023-01-03 200+ → 300+ up after 142 days in tier
- 2022-08-14 100+ → 200+ up after 1382 days in tier
- 2018-11-01 80+ → 100+ up
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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T4B News Ticker – Responsive News Scroller, Slider, and Animations 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Live News – Responsive News Ticker 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
OXP Breaking News Ticker 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
FYP News Ticker – Scrolling News Banner & Announcement Bar for WordPress 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
News Ticker for Elementor 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - S Synchronise News Ticker 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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