Quick Bar – Popup Notification Sidebar
by f1logic · Uncategorized
Also makes 14 other plugins · 128.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Create a javascript based, light-weight and responsive popup notification sidebar in your blog.
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈30 estimated
Momentum
-13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “notification bar”, “popup notification” and “popup sidebar” 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.
44 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 22K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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.
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 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3043 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
3.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3043 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.
43
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 9d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 9d
+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| quickbar your tag | #1 | #1 | up 1 |
| notification bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| popup notification your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| popup sidebar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| responsive sidebar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “notification bar”, “popup notification” and “popup sidebar” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.4K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
8.3y ago
latest release · v1.2.2 · 2 Jul 2018
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 30.
At the current install trend, crossing 40+ in roughly 273 days.
Install history since 27 Jul 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ marcfuller12.5y ago
works well, love the flexible settings and different uses!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ General Seed12.9y ago
Simple and beautiful, works fine on wp 3.8 and 3.9 alpha Merry Christmas
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bogdan Chirea13.7y ago
This plugin works if you get the premium version, otherwise it simply creates a pop up dialog on the webpage, wich you can alos create using a free script searching google.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Create a javascript based, light-weight and responsive popup notification sidebar in your blog."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 9 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 6 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,899 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("notification bar", "quickbar", "responsive sidebar" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-31 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-30 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-28 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-27 30+ → 20+ down after 81 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 20+ → 30+ up after 41 days in tier
- 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
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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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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