Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar vs Show Me The Admin
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #1,933, ahead of Show Me The Admin at #34,562. Over the last 7 days Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar climbed 10 places and Show Me The Admin slipped 479 places. Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar has the largest install base, roughly 1000× the next: 10K+ active installs against 10+ for Show Me The Admin. Downloads this week: Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar 1,043 and Show Me The Admin 13. Ratings: Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar 4.8★ from 40 and Show Me The Admin 5★ from 6 reviews.
| Metric | Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar | Show Me The Admin |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,933 ▲ 10 | #34,562 ▼ 479 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 1,043 | 13 |
| Rating | 4.8★ (40) | 5★ (6) |
| Last updated | Oct 4, 2026 | Nov 20, 2017 |
| Current version | 6.5 | 1.2.1 |
| Best rank on record | #1,932 | #30,540 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | May 2010 | Feb 2016 |
| Sites detected by our detector | 1 | 0 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
Active installs
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar or Show Me The Admin?
By active installs, Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar: 10K+ sites run it against 10+ for Show Me The Admin, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 26, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar or Show Me The Admin?
Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar, at #1,933 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Show Me The Admin at #34,562. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar or Show Me The Admin alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.