Marquee Running Text
by Bongdevs · Uncategorized
Smooth, accessible scrolling announcement bars and news tickers for your header, footer or any page. Live preview, block and Elementor widget.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
5K+
≈5.7K estimated
Momentum
+5%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “news ticker”, “notification bar” and “announcement bar” for “text effect”, “hide text” and “text animation”. “news ticker” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “text effect” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “notification bar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “hide text” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “announcement bar” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #17. “text animation” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →11%
of downloads still active
At least 5K of 46.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,769 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 3 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 14 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.6★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ 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.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
26%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| running | #1 | #6 | 0 |
| running text | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| scrolling text your tag | #2 | #4 | up 3 |
| marquee your tag | #2 | #4 | up 2 |
| marquee text | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| typewriter | #2 | #5 | up 1 |
| typewriter effect | #3 | #6 | 0 |
| text marquee | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| marquee block | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| marquee news | #3 | #6 | 0 |
| text | #10 | #19 | up 13 |
| text effect | #7 | #19 | down 1 |
| text animation | #8 | #21 | up 8 |
| hide text | #8 | #18 | up 11 |
| text scroll | #9 | #22 | 0 |
| text size | #11 | #20 | 0 |
| announcement bar your tag | #17 | #19 | down 1 |
| gradient text block | #7 | #15 | down 1 |
| elementor marquee | #7 | #12 | 0 |
| jquery news ticker | #12 | #20 | 0 |
| news ticker your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notification bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
96 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 56 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “news ticker”, “notification bar” and “announcement bar” for “text effect”, “hide text” and “text animation”. “news ticker” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “text effect” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “notification bar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “hide text” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “announcement bar” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #17. “text animation” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 17 Oct 2023 · 1,111 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 3.9K · peaks are release surges
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
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
14d ago
latest release · v2.0.1 · 17 Oct 2026
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 73% of the way through.
Install history since 16 Oct 2023
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ n4vq1.4y ago
I used the Free version and it allows you to add up to 5 “marquees” or text sections. It automatically puts the marquee at the very top of your pages (use Astra Pro theme). No way to add “marquees” more then the 5 provided. No descenders on lettes like Y P etc so doesn’t look professional. Contacted developer after I bought the Pro and found it adds another Plugin. Developer said both are not needed but can’t figure out how to make the Pro work. This plugin (free) has great potential – got a answer that basically said the plug in is great and upgrade to Pro. Latter the developer sent another email with helpful information. https://youtu.be/p_K5x5r0wyU I use Astra Pro as a theme and I couldn’t get the Pro version of the Marquee product to work at all and the free didn’t have descenders on letters like Y & P so I didn’t use it either. This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by n4vq. This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by n4vq.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ datto5102.0y ago
this plugin does exactly what it says it will.very handy if your after some scrolling text.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Patrick2.3y ago
Hello Developers, is there an option to remove (hide) or replace the dot before the running text? Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wisshie2.5y ago
What a wonderfull and easy to use plugin. it’s very lightweight and works very well. Options I would add if possible:* option to change the round bullet to something else* option to remove round bullet* option to add spacing between text1, text2, text3,…* option to slide text1 from left then text2 from right and so on* option to add text flicker for text1 and text2…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wastedolphine3.0y ago
Hi, The plugin works great, please add the support for adding more then 5 Marquee Text. Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Smooth, accessible scrolling announcement bars and news tickers for your header, footer or any page. Live p..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Gutenberg.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,301 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "notification bar" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-23 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-22 5K+ → 6K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-07-18 6K+ → 5K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-16 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-14 5K+ → 6K+ up after 237 days in tier
- 2025-11-19 4K+ → 5K+ up after 217 days in tier
- 2025-04-16 3K+ → 4K+ up after 96 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).
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Announceo – Scrolling Notification Bar 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
AbhinavDev Announcement Bar — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
MarqueeX – Smooth Marquee Slider, News Ticker & Post Marquee for Block Editor & Elementor 900+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
OXP Breaking News Ticker 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
Announcement Notification Bar – Notification Top Bar & Sticky Call to Action Banner 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Marquezy – Marquee Block & Announcement Bar 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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