WordPress plugin comparison

Seasonal Effects & Notice Bar (formerly Halloween Animations) vs Weather Effect

Seasonal Effects & Notice Bar (formerly Halloween Animations)

by Sanjay Shankar

100+ installs

Weather Effect

by A WP Life

4K+ installs4.5

At a glance

Weather Effect has more active installs: 4K+, against 100+ for Seasonal Effects & Notice Bar (formerly Halloween Animations).
On a typical day, Weather Effect is downloaded about 58 times, Seasonal Effects & Notice Bar (formerly Halloween Animations) about 25.
Seasonal Effects & Notice Bar (formerly Halloween Animations) has no reviews yet.
Seasonal Effects & Notice Bar (formerly Halloween Animations) was updated more recently: Oct 22, 2026, against Oct 5, 2026 for Weather Effect.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Weather Effect has been around longer: since 2016, against 2025 for Seasonal Effects & Notice Bar (formerly Halloween Animations).

Weather Effect leads on 4 of 5 comparable lines.

Metric	Seasonal Effects & Notice Bar (formerly Halloween Animations)	Weather Effect
Popular rank	#15,097	#3,370
Active installs	100+	4K+
Downloads, last 30 days	527	1.5K
Rating	No ratings	4.5(30)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.28	×0.74
Last release	18 days ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	7.2	5.6

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