Create focused WordPress announcements
Announcer Pro extends the Announcer notification bar plugin with advanced tools for promotions, alerts, notices, and other messages that need attention. Use it to present one or more announcements in sticky or fixed bars, then refine when and where each message appears. The result is a practical way to communicate site-wide information, promote an offer, or place targeted content within specific pages and posts.
Announcements can be positioned at the top or bottom of a site and multiple active bars can stack automatically. Existing announcement content can include text, images, HTML, or shortcodes from other plugins, such as form shortcodes. Layout, colors, display timing, and visitor behavior can be adjusted to suit the message and the surrounding site design.
Pro tools for promotions and campaigns
The Pro edition adds features for presenting several messages and supporting time-sensitive campaigns:
- Multiple messages: Use a slider or auto-playing ticker within one announcement bar, with next and previous navigation.
- Urgency countdown timers: Add customizable countdown timers to promotional bars for limited-time offers.
- Advanced animations: Apply entrance animations to banners and effects to call-to-action buttons.
- One-click duplicate: Clone an existing announcement setup to save time when creating related messages.
These tools can support seasonal promotions, product launches, coupon campaigns, event notices, and other communications where timing and presentation matter.
Target visitors and placement
Smart Visitor Targeting lets you conditionally display announcements using traffic source, device type, operating system, browser, login status, user role, or visit count. This allows a site to show a more relevant message to different audiences rather than presenting the same banner to everyone.
Shortcode Placement lets you insert announcements inside specific posts, pages, or theme templates. This is useful when a message should appear alongside related content instead of across the whole site. Conditional display rules can also target particular pages, posts, or categories, while scheduling lets each announcement display within a configured start and end time.
Practical use cases
- Promote sales, discount coupons, and seasonal offers with a countdown.
- Display cookie notices, privacy updates, or other compliance messages.
- Place newsletter or form content in a banner using shortcodes.
- Share business hours, site updates, new posts, launches, or events.
- Welcome new visitors with a dedicated introductory message.
- Show different announcements according to visitor or device conditions.
Control the visitor experience
Announcements can be configured to appear after a time delay or after a user scrolls. Visitors can permanently close a notice or have it reappear after a specified time through cookie controls. The plugin supports mobile-responsive layouts, multiple layout options, color customization, smooth open and close transitions, and WPML translated post language targeting.
Installation
Install and activate Announcer Pro on the WordPress site, then create an announcement and define its content, position, display rules, and schedule. Add a call-to-action, shortcode, slider, ticker, timer, or targeting condition as needed. Review the result on the relevant pages and adjust the announcement settings before publishing.
