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Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin

Publish a slick announcement banner notice across your website or Woocommerce shop. Extend with icons, countdowns, placement rules and more!

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version3.15.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.0 · PHP 7.2
Directory statusactive
Last directory update30 Oct 20262d ago
Active installations2K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.6 / 5 from 20 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin version 3.15.0 as active, updated 2d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Announcement Banner

View demos here | View docs here

Over 2k active installs and many happy customers, with lots of 5-star reviews!

See some customer reviews below:

“Works well and easy to use – recommend”

“Very simple plugin, elegant design and great assistance! I tried some other plugins and this one is the best! I highly recommend…”

“Does the job. ”

“Gets the message across, where you want it, when you want it, how you want it. Great, lightweight plugin. ”

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Bulletin is a lightweight plugin that shows announcement banners, sale offers and shop notices on your website.

Here are a few of the typical scenarios when you would use Bulletin:

  • 🛍️ Sale offers
  • ⏳ Countdown to an event
  • 🆕 Announcing a new section on your website
  • ⚠️ Showing an important notice for logged-in members
  • 🚨 Emergency Announcements
  • 🍪 Cookie notice
  • ✨ Announcing a new feature for your product
  • 🎉 And much more!

How it works

Watch a quick video of how it works here:

You can also check out these demos:

  • Header bulletin with multiple messages
  • Header bulletin with countdown
  • Floating at bottom with icon
  • Floating at bottom with custom fonts
  • Sticky footer with custom image
  • Corner with button
  • Trigger an easy popup
  • Animated button to grab attention

You can also check out the docs on our site, which are extended regularly.

Do you have a fixed navigation bar or would like to display a bulletin under your nav? Check out the videos below:

  • Display a header bulletin under your header
  • Display a header bulletin with a fixed header

Full Bulletin features

The basic Bulletin plugin allows you to add unlimited bulletins and use markdown and emoji’s! It also comes with Customizer support.

The Pro version of Bulletin comes packed with features:

👋🏼 Buttons & Call to actions

Add a button with link or trigger JS event. Even add funky button effects to grab attention!

👻 Custom icons and google fonts

Make it your own using cool icons and stylish google fonts.

🔄 Add multiple messages in one

Rotate through or let them run in marquee style.

🚦 Advanced placement options

Show a bulletin only on selected pages on your site. Or only for logged-in users.

🕑 Schedule and expiry functions

Live countdown and ability to schedule + expire the bulletin. v=dGGQU4B8uVg

🕺 WordPress Network support

Specify a bulletin to show on all your sub-sites

✖️ Allow to dismiss

Show a close icon and determine the hide duration

🃏 Advanced CSS

Ability to add your own CSS with each bulletin (handy for those pesky fixed headers)

Free Version Features

  • Desktop and mobile messages
  • Background and text colors
  • Header, floating at bottom and sticky footer display types
  • Content max-width
  • Text alignment and font size

Pro Version Additional Features

  • Corners display type
  • Icon
  • Font Family
  • Multiple messages
  • Button
  • Countdown
  • Display based on the url
  • Display based on user
  • Dismiss a bulletin
  • Additional CSS
  • Display to all subsites

Credits

This plugin is created by Rock Solid Plugins.

Also check out our new popup plugin Easy Popups! Create easy popups / modals on your site and even link to them from bulletins!

Roadmap

We have more exciting features planned for Bulletin, among which:

  • show bulletins based on automatic events
  • REST API support
  • Custom button styles and animations
  • Animated icons
  • More display options
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • announcements
  • banners
  • countdown
  • notice
  • notifications
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.0 · PHP 7.2
Update activity30 Oct 20262d ago

“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.

Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version3.14.13.15.0
WordPress compatibility7.17.1.4
Version3.14.03.14.1
WordPress compatibility6.9.77.1
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