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Marquee Running Text

by Bongdevs

4.6
(5 ratings)

Marquee Running Text adds a smooth scrolling text bar — a news ticker, offer banner or announcement bar — to your website in a minute. Build it with a live preview, then show it at the top of every page, as a sticky bar, as a fixed bottom bar, or anywhere with a shortcode, block or Elementor widget.

Version 2.0 is a complete rebuild: a modern, lightweight animation engine replaces the old <marquee> tag, and everything you set up in 1.x is moved over automatically.

Features

  • Live preview builder — see every change instantly while you edit.
  • Up to 5 marquees, each with its own items, colors and placement.
  • Unlimited items per marquee, each with an optional link (new tab and nofollow options). Drag and drop to reorder.
  • Placements: top of the page, sticky top bar, fixed bottom bar, or shortcode/block only.
  • Shortcode: [mrtext id="123"], or [mrtext] for your default marquee.
  • Gutenberg block and Elementor widget.
  • Label box such as “Breaking News” or “Notice”.
  • Styling: background, text, hover, separator and label colors; font size and weight; bar height; spacing; rounded corners.
  • Separators: dot, line, star, any character or emoji, or none.
  • Motion: direction, speed, pause on hover, optional pause/play button.
  • Close button that remembers the visitor’s choice.
  • Show on the entire site or the homepage only; hide on mobile or desktop.
  • Accessible: keyboard friendly, respects “reduce motion”, optional pause button.
  • Fast: a tiny dependency-free script (no jQuery) that only loads on pages with a marquee, and pauses when off-screen.
  • RTL ready and translation ready.
  • Works with any theme — including themes that do not support wp_body_open.

Marquee Running Text Pro

Need more? Marquee Running Text Pro adds:

  • Unlimited marquees
  • 25 ready-made templates
  • 1,800+ modern icons with an icon picker
  • Logo and image marquees
  • Latest posts and WooCommerce product tickers
  • Display conditions (pages, categories, user roles, devices) and scheduling
  • Vertical, typewriter and fade effects
  • Google Fonts, gradients and custom CSS
  • Priority support

Privacy

This plugin uses the Freemius SDK. On first use you are asked whether to share basic site information (opt-in) to receive security and feature updates; nothing is sent if you skip. See the Freemius privacy policy.

Screenshots

The marquee builder with live preview.

The marquee builder with live preview.

The list of marquees.

The list of marquees.

A marquee with a "Breaking News" label on the front end.

A marquee with a "Breaking News" label on the front end.

Plugin Details

Active Installs
5K+
Total Downloads
45,787
Version
2.0.1
Requires WP
6.3
Requires PHP
7.4
Tested Up To
7.1.3
Added
2023-10-15
Last Updated
2026-10-17 11:54am GMT

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