Site Announcements
Site Announcements allows you to broadcast site-wide messages to your visitors, as well as set custom parameters for the messages, such as the backgro …
The facts
- Rating
- 4.5★ from 4
- Active installs
- 300+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 28 Feb 2019
- Added
- Jul 2017
- Requires WP
- 4.0
- Tested up to
- WP 5.1.24
- Downloads
- 8,301
Our analysis
AI-assistedSite Announcements is a WordPress plugin that allows you to display site-wide messages to your visitors. You can customise the appearance of these announcements, including background and text colour, and control how long hidden announcements remain hidden. Announcements can open in a slide-down modal or link to a URL, and can be used to share important messages or coupon codes.
This plugin is suitable for website owners who want to communicate updates or promotions to their visitors. It is designed to work with various WordPress themes and is mobile-friendly, making it accessible for users on different devices.
Best for: Website owners looking to communicate announcements or promotions effectively.
What it does well
- ✓Allows site-wide message broadcasting
- ✓Customisable background and text colours
- ✓Supports links to internal or external URLs
- ✓Mobile-friendly design
- ✓Compatible with over 100 WordPress themes
Where it falls short
- •Limited information on advanced features
- •Requires custom CSS for font adjustments
Verdict
Site Announcements provides a straightforward way to share messages with visitors, but may require some customisation for specific styling needs.
From the developer
Edward's own description of Site Announcements, lightly tidied.
Site Announcements allows you to broadcast site-wide messages to your visitors, as well as set custom parameters for the messages,
such as the background and text color, and how long a user-hidden announcement should be hidden from users.
By default, announcements will open in a slide-down modal (showing the announcement content). Alternatively, each announcement can be configured to point to an internal or external URL. Announcements with no URL and no content will simply display user-selected text, which can be handy for broadcasting things like coupon codes or important messages to users.
Plays well with the WordPress Admin Toolbar and is mobile-friendly. Has been tested with 100+ WordPress themes and should work well on all themes. If you have theme compatibility issues, please post a support thread or contact me.
The plugin’s font sizes and families are inherited from the theme. If you wish to make adjustments to the announcement bar’s font sizes or types you will need to add custom CSS to override your theme’s styles.
Site Announcements uses animate.css for the modal transitions and JSCookie for setting a cookie if a user hides a modal.