WordPress plugin comparison

Simple Membership Custom Messages vs Smartarget Message Bar

Simple Membership Custom Messages

by wp.insider

7K+ installs5.0

Smartarget Message Bar

by Erez Hadas-Sonnenschein

Fewer than 10 installs

At a glance

Simple Membership Custom Messages has more active installs: 7K+, against fewer than 10 for Smartarget Message Bar.
On a typical day, Simple Membership Custom Messages is downloaded about 31 times, Smartarget Message Bar about 2.
Smartarget Message Bar has no reviews yet.
Simple Membership Custom Messages was updated more recently: Aug 21, 2026, against Jun 30, 2026 for Smartarget Message Bar.
Simple Membership Custom Messages is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 7.0.0 for Smartarget Message Bar.
Simple Membership Custom Messages has been around longer: since 2014, against 2021 for Smartarget Message Bar.

Simple Membership Custom Messages leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Simple Membership Custom Messages	Smartarget Message Bar
Popular rank	#2,620	#67,365
Active installs	7K+	Fewer than 10
Downloads, last 30 days	961	29
Rating	5.0(4)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.0.0
Search multiplier	×0.84	×0.05
Last release	2 months ago	4 months ago
Requires PHP	–	5.2.4

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