Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar vs Sitewide Notice WP
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 has the largest install base, roughly 3.3× the next: 10K+ active installs against 3K+ for Sitewide Notice WP. Downloads this week: Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar 1,161 and Sitewide Notice WP 100. Ratings: Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar 4.8★ from 40 and Sitewide Notice WP 4.6★ from 16 reviews.
| Metric | Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar | Sitewide Notice WP |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | outside top 500 | outside top 500 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 3K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 1,161 | 100 |
| Rating | 4.8★ (40) | 4.6★ (16) |
| Last updated | Oct 4, 2026 | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Current version | 6.5 | 2.4.2 |
| Best rank on record | #1,940 | #4,135 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | May 2010 | Mar 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
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar or Sitewide Notice WP?
By active installs, Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar: 10K+ sites run it against 3K+ for Sitewide Notice WP, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 19, 2026.
Are Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar or Sitewide Notice WP 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.