HashBar – Announcement, Notification… vs Event Countdown for The Events Calendar (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
HashBar – Announcement, Notification…
7.0K+ active installs
Free + Premium
Event Countdown for The Events Calendar
3.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Event Countdown for The Events Calendar has a higher user rating (4.6/5 from 46 reviews) while HashBar – Announcement, Notification… leads in active installations (7.0K+ vs 3.0K+). Both are free + premium WordPress plugins. HashBar – Announcement, Notification… has accumulated 335K+ total downloads while Event Countdown for The Events Calendar has 86K+. HashBar – Announcement, Notification… has a higher support resolution rate (33% vs 0%).
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | HashBar – Announcement, Notification… | Event Countdown for The Events Calendar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.4/5 | ► | 4.6/5 |
| Total Reviews | 31 | ► | 46 |
| Active Installs | 7.0K+ | ◄ | 3.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 335K+ | ◄ | 86K+ |
| Support Resolution | 33% | ◄ | 0% |
| Last Updated | 3 weeks ago | ► | 3 weeks ago |
| First Released | 2018 | 2017 | |
| Age | 8 years | 9 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.0+ | 5.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | false+ | 7.2+ | |
| Business Model | Free + Premium | Free | |
| Latest Version | 1.9.3 | 1.5.2 |
Rating Breakdown
HashBar – Announcement, Notification…
Event Countdown for The Events Calendar
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, HashBar – Announcement, Notification… averaged approximately 214 daily downloads while Event Countdown for The Events Calendar averaged 126.
Recent Reviews
HashBar – Announcement, Notification… Reviews
Excelente
hasta ahora ha funcionado muy bien
They add a link to their site on your site!
If you’re in the editor and the button text is invalid or there’s an error it will look as though everything is okay but when a user loads your website and the bar appears the button will go to the de
Simple, Easy to setup – it just works!
Thank you for this plugin – it made it easy to present and hid on scroll some mandatory EU ugly banners required for some of our clients!
Event Countdown for The Events Calendar Reviews
A great little addition
It’s a nice simple feature that creates an automatic countdown for my events. Thank you
Countown
Very cool feature!
4 stars for what it is, 5 stars if it could get what I want.
Very easy to use, makes a lot of sense.But it seems to be very rigid (but I’m a non-developer, who knows maybe a code monkey can do more with it). There seems to be an option for language translati
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