Yes, Top Bar is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Top Bar?

Top Bar has 20K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Top Bar alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Top Bar include CookieAdmin – Cookie Consent Banner, Image Widget, Simple Banner – Easily add multiple…. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Top Bar work with the latest WordPress?

Top Bar has been tested up to WordPress 6.9.4. It requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+.

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Top Bar

Name: Top Bar
Rating: 4 (43 reviews)
Author: WP Darko

Simply the easiest way to add a topbar to your website. Create a notification bar in no-time and show a message and a button to your visitors.

By WP Darko·Banner·Free

4(43 reviews)

·20K+ active installs·Updated 2 months ago

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As of April 2026, Top Bar is a WordPress banner plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4/5 rating from 43 reviews. It has been downloaded 299K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 25% this week. Top alternative: CookieAdmin – Cookie Consent Banner.

4/543 reviews

20K+active installs

299K+total downloads

12 yearssince 2014

Overview

Simply the easiest way to add a topbar to your website. This plugin adds a simple and clean notification bar at the top of your website, allowing you to display a nice message to your visitors as well as a custom link. What you see is what you get, and it’s totally free.

No limitation for the Free version

The Free version of the Top Bar plugin is not limited.

The PRO version gives you access to a lot of new features: allow users to close the Top Bar, choose an initial state, add a bottom border, set a time before the Top Bar appears, bottom positioning, user visibility settings (only for guests or registered users), change the font-size…

Fully translatable

POT files included (/lang/)

Available fields/options

Status (active or inactive)
Stay visible when scrolling
Message (obvious…

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Ratings & Reviews

443 reviews

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Recent Reviews

Does exactly what it describes

by Marcin Pietrzak·2 years ago

Does exactly what it describes. Nothing less, nothing more. I like it!

Very, very limited

by estudiobla·2 years ago

You can’t change the color of the text, it’s always white. And apparently you can’t change it with code either.

This topic was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by estudiobla.

Doesn’t work well / difficult uninstallation

by Jakours2·3 years ago

Doesn’t work well with Salient theme. When uninstalling, the plugin would not uninstall cleanly. It was giving a critical error message. I uninstalled it through cPanel. I have used it several times in the past with no problems. Maybe it needs an update?

Horrible customer service and business practices

by billfox2022·3 years ago

Top Bar works well enough but engages in abusive business practices. They do not send a notification before they automatically renew your license. In my case, I no longer needed an unlimited license and asked support to please change my license to a single site and refund the difference via a support ticket. They didn’t email a copy of the submission and never responded in any way to my request. After a week or two, I sent a direct email to their support. Still waiting after one month for any response. I have canceled my subscription and won’t do business with this company again. I replaced Topbar with Notibar. A fantastic replacement that has more flexible appearance options and it’s free!