WordPress plugin comparison

Responsive News & Announcements vs Simple Banner

Responsive News & Announcements

by Rupok

20+ installs4.2

Simple Banner

by rpetersen29

50K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Simple Banner has more active installs: 50K+, against 20+ for Responsive News & Announcements.
On a typical day, Simple Banner is downloaded about 636 times, Responsive News & Announcements about 1.
Simple Banner is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 45 reviews, against 4.2 from 5 reviews.
Simple Banner was updated more recently: Oct 15, 2026, against Feb 5, 2013 for Responsive News & Announcements.
Simple Banner is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.5.2 for Responsive News & Announcements.
Responsive News & Announcements has been around longer: since 2013, against 2015 for Simple Banner.

Simple Banner leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Responsive News & Announcements	Simple Banner
Popular rank	#27,035	#776
Active installs	20+	50K+
Downloads, last 30 days	18	39.1K
Rating	4.2(5)	4.8(45)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	3.5.2	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.22
Last release	13 years ago	26 days ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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