TopBar Buddy
by EVOLVE · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 420+ installs across the portfolio →
WordPress announcement bar plugin with scheduling, sticky notification bars, page targeting, and GDPR-friendly close button.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
20+
≈21 estimated
Momentum
+36%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “announcement bar” for “buddy”. “announcement bar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “buddy” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
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 →2.0%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 1K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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.
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 32 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, 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: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| topbar | #5 | #8 | 0 |
| sticky topbar | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| topbar for wordpress | #3 | #13 | 0 |
| buddy | #9 | #13 | 0 |
| announcement bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| banner your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notification bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| scheduling your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sticky bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “announcement bar” for “buddy”. “announcement bar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “buddy” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 11 Feb 2026 · 262 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 162 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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.
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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 31 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 20.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use it", "built for", "who want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Divi, LearnDash.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,886 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "sticky bar" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-30 10+ → 20+ up
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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Sticky Banner 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
YooBar – Notification Bar & Announcement Bar 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
AAWEB Announcement Bar 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Top Bar 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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