Quick Bar – Popup Notification Sidebar
by f1logic · Uncategorized
Create a javascript based, light-weight and responsive popup notification sidebar in your blog.
44 health vs 55 average across 12,844 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2937 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
178
now · peak 1.4K
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-27 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-25 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-24 30+ → 20+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-06-12 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-10 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-08 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-05 30+ → 20+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-05-29 20+ → 30+ up after 100 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WPFront Notification Bar 50K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
NotificationX – FOMO, Live Sales Notification, WooCommerce Sales Popup, GDPR, Social Proof, Announcement Banner & Floating Notification Bar 40K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Top Bar 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP Notification Bars 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D -
Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/quick-bar" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Quick Bar – Popup Notification Sidebar — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Quick Bar – Popup Notification Sidebar: 20+ active installs, 3.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/quick-bar