PromoBar by BestWebSoft – Customizable Advertisement Banner for WordPress Website
by bestweblayout · Uncategorized
Also makes 30 other plugins · 14.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add and display HTML advertisement banner on WordPress website. Customize bar styles and appearance. Add countdown timer to your WordPress website.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
60+
≈65 estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “add countdown”, “banner” and “countdown plugin” 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.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 10.1K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 510 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 510 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| promobar | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| add banner your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| add countdown your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| banner your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| countdown plugin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom banner your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “add countdown”, “banner” and “countdown plugin” 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.
- Already on top for “promobar”. #2 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 200 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,000 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ 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.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
1.4y ago
latest release · v1.2.1 · 10 Jun 2025
22
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 78% 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 “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 51% of the way through.
Install history since 15 Apr 2015
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.2.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.1 PromoBar by BestWebSoft – Customizable Advertisement Banner for WordPress Website <= 1.1.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗2017-04-17 CVE-2017-18529 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 1.1.1 Patched in 1.1.1
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 119 languages, 2 at 90% or more
Plus 95 more locales with partial translations.
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add and display HTML advertisement banner on WordPress website. Customize bar styles and appearance. Add co..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 14 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,641 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "add banner", "custom banner" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-06 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-05 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-04 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-03 60+ → 70+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2026-04-02 70+ → 60+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-28 60+ → 70+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-03-22 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-21 60+ → 70+ up after 16 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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Image Widget 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
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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
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for PromoBar by BestWebSoft – Customizable Advertisement Banner for WordPress Website into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
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