Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar

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1. ★★★★★ Mohsin Alam

   8mo ago

   This dose the basic Work. Thanks

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2. ★★★★★ Skylabb

   1.6y ago

   Simple plugin that adds a banner to any designated page. Flexible settings include settings for color, buttons, banner locations, and interaction.

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3. ★★★★★ peopleinside

   2.1y ago

   A very nice useful plugin to show an announcer, banner at the top of the website. A feature that i love is the possibility to schedule an announcer. Support on the forum was fast and kind.

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4. ★★★★★ nilreb5

   2.1y ago

   This “announcer” ignore some location rule. It shows up on Homepage when it’s only supposed to show up for two categories. I found a work around since the features of this plugin are robust. Overall it’s a great plugin. This topic was modified 1 year, 12 months ago by nilreb5.

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5. ★★★★★ kopovsky

   2.8y ago

   Great plugin – easy to set up and customize. The best among “banner plugins” on WordPress!

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6. ★★★★★ evolute2

   3.0y ago

   J’ai passé plusieurs semaines à tester des plugin de barres et j’ai enfin trouvé un plugin fiable et totalement paramétrable. Toutes ses fonctionnalités fonctionnent impeccablement (et je suis pointilleux). Le service après vente de Aakash est très efficace et rapide. De très nombreux conseils très intéressants sur le site d’Aakash, une pédagogie à toute épreuve : BRAVO pour le travail.

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7. ★★★★★ cullachie

   3.4y ago

   A really superb plugin. Streets ahead of all the others in terms of features.

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8. ★★★★★ Vijuga Plus

   3.6y ago

   A great plugin for website notifications.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 6.3 New: Option to start the ticker scroll from the middle of the screen. Fix: Optimized ticker animation for better performance. 6.3
2. — Version 6.2 New: Load JS only on pages where announcement is inserted. 6.2
3. — Version 6.1 New: Slide down effect on the page when announcement is shown. Fix: Close button is repositioned to not overlap content. Fix: Border radius is incorrectly set on the announcement bar. Fix: Adjust button margin on smaller 6.1
4. — Version 6.0.1 Fix: Added permission/role check for ajax operations. 6.0.1
5. — Version 6.0 New: Location rule to target by WPML language. New: Location rule to target search page. New: Location rule to select all post statuses. Fix: Ticker scroll was abrupt when using images. Fix: Background image URL not set 6.0
6. — Version 5.9 Fix: Call to Action button supports relative URLs. Fix: Misc CSS enhancements to CTA button and message style precedence. Fix: Misc admin UI enhancements. Fix: New close icon. Fix: PHP warnings at some places. 5.9

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Announcer – Notification & message bars <= 6.0 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2024-04-05 CVE-2024-31261 Missing Authorization Affects <= 6.0 Patched in 6.0.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-10-16 9K+ → 10K+ up after 140 days in tier
2. 2024-05-29 8K+ → 9K+ up after 273 days in tier
3. 2023-08-30 7K+ → 8K+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2023-08-29 8K+ → 7K+ down after 3 days in tier
5. 2023-08-26 7K+ → 8K+ up after 28 days in tier
6. 2023-07-29 8K+ → 7K+ down after 71 days in tier
7. 2023-05-19 7K+ → 8K+ up after 21 days in tier
8. 2023-04-28 8K+ → 7K+ down after 22 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Notification Bar, Announcement and Cookie Notice WordPress Plugin – FooBar 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• Simple Banner – Easily add multiple Banners/Bars/Notifications/Announcements to the top or bottom of your website 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Top Bar 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Easy Notification Bar 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
• Notibar – Notification Bar for WordPress 8K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A

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Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar: 10K+ active installs, 4.8★ (40 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/announcer