Site Announcements
by Edward · Login & Users
Also makes 2 other plugins · 310+ installs across the portfolio →
Site Announcements allows you to broadcast site-wide messages to your visitors, as well as set custom parameters for the messages, such as the backgro …
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈360 estimated
Momentum
-11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “announcements”, “messages” and “news” 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.
45 health vs 61 average across 2,204 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.5%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 8.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,477 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28, 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 2803 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.1.28; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2803 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| announcements your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| messages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| news your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| users your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches 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
- “announcements”, “messages” and “news” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 485 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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
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.
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 61% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ labboy02765.8y ago
Works fine in WP 5.6
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nilpo6.6y ago
Can’t show multiple announcements. Closing the newest active announcement should show the next active one behind it or should give the option to display them stacked.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mzrawce6.8y ago
Works perfectly on version 5.3.2. Easy to install and customize. Great job!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ McPeanut7.9y ago
Really great plugin that’s easy and simple to use and works exactly as described. Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Site Announcements allows you to broadcast site-wide messages to your visitors, as well as set custom param..."
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,178 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "news" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-10 400+ → 300+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-05-29 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-27 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-26 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-25 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 300+ → 400+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-05-15 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-14 300+ → 400+ up after 1 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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BuddyPress Default Data 300+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D - R Responsive News & Announcements 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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User Switching 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
XML Sitemap & Google News 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple Local Avatars 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
One User Avatar | User Profile Picture 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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