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Announcer - Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar

by vaakash · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Announcer - Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Announcer - Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
vaakash8 May 2010 to 4 Oct 2026, 110 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
30 days ago
Releases, 24 months
4
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
5.3 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Announcer - Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar
Q1 20241
Q2 20240
Q3 20241
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20251
Q4 20250
Q1 20261
Q2 20260
Q3 20261
Q4 20261

Last release 4 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

0% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
5 Apr 2024Announcer – Notification & message bars <= 6.0 - Missing Authorization4.3<= 6.06.0.10

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating per quarter for Announcer - Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar
Q4 20235.0
Q3 20245.0
Q1 20255.0
Q4 20255.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q4 2023 and Q4 2025.

Rating distribution
5 star36
4 star1
3 star1
2 star1
1 star1
Latest low reviews

Momentum

10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Announcer - Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar
4 May 2026211
11 May 2026439
18 May 2026445
25 May 2026420
1 Jun 2026427
8 Jun 2026387
15 Jun 2026392
22 Jun 2026365
29 Jun 2026321
6 Jul 2026309
13 Jul 2026315
20 Jul 2026312
27 Jul 2026325
3 Aug 20265,349
10 Aug 2026904
17 Aug 2026690
24 Aug 2026615
31 Aug 2026519
7 Sep 2026536
14 Sep 2026501
21 Sep 2026460
28 Sep 2026498
5 Oct 20265,987
12 Oct 20261,161
19 Oct 20261,043
26 Oct 2026754
2 Nov 2026115

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 13% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

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No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version6.5
Authorvaakash
Added8 May 2010
Last updated4 Oct 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress4.4
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP5.3
CategoryMarketing & Advertising > Pop-ups & Lead Generation
Tagsbar, banner, notice bar, sticky header, notification bar

Other plugins by this author: Shortcoder - Create Shortcodes for Anything, WP Socializer - Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons, Super RSS Reader - Add attractive RSS Feed Widget, Ultimate Floating Widgets - Make popup sidebars, Git it Write - Write posts from GitHub

Questions

Is Announcer - Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar still maintained?

Announcer - Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar was last updated on 4 Oct 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Announcer - Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar safe?

Announcer - Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Announcer - Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar?

The wordpress.org author is vaakash. Recent committers: vaakash, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Announcer - Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar?

We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.

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