WordPress plugin comparison

Frontend Dashboard Notification vs Scheduled Announcements Widget

Frontend Dashboard Notification

by M A Vinoth Kumar

40+ installs

Scheduled Announcements Widget

by Nikki Blight

100+ installs3.8

At a glance

Scheduled Announcements Widget has more active installs: 100+, against 40+ for Frontend Dashboard Notification.
On a typical day, Frontend Dashboard Notification is downloaded about 9 times, Scheduled Announcements Widget about 6.
Frontend Dashboard Notification has no reviews yet.
Frontend Dashboard Notification was updated more recently: Oct 1, 2026, against Mar 10, 2023 for Scheduled Announcements Widget.
Frontend Dashboard Notification is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.1.16 for Scheduled Announcements Widget.
Scheduled Announcements Widget has been around longer: since 2012, against 2020 for Frontend Dashboard Notification.

Frontend Dashboard Notification leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Frontend Dashboard Notification	Scheduled Announcements Widget
Popular rank	#21,666	#14,079
Active installs	40+	100+
Downloads, last 30 days	204	121
Rating	No ratings	3.8(5)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.1.16
Search multiplier	×0.21	×0.01
Last release	1 month ago	3 years ago
Requires PHP	8.0	–

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