Stella Announcement Bar helps you add a clean, high-visibility announcement bar to your WordPress site without editing theme files.
Use it to promote offers, highlight product launches, announce events, share important updates, or drive clicks to a landing page with a simple call-to-action button.
The plugin is lightweight, responsive, and easy to configure from a single admin screen.
Free Features
- Enable a sitewide announcement bar in seconds.
- Show the bar at the top or bottom of the page.
- Add custom announcement text and an optional CTA button.
- Customize background color, text color, and button colors.
- Adjust bar font size for better readability.
- Show the bar sitewide or on the homepage only.
- Optional close button for visitors.
- Optional shadow styling for stronger visual separation.
- Shortcode support with
[stella_announcement_bar]. - Developer action hook for manual template placement.
- Fallback rendering for themes that need manual support.
- Responsive design for desktop and mobile devices.
- Delete-data-on-uninstall option for clean removal.
Ideal Use Cases
- Sales promotions and limited-time offers
- Shipping updates or store notices
- Webinar, event, or product launch announcements
- Maintenance messages and temporary alerts
- Call-to-action bars for landing pages and campaigns
Manual Placement Options
If automatic placement is not suitable for your theme or layout, you can use:
- Shortcode:
[stella_announcement_bar] - PHP action:
<?php do_action( 'stella_announcement_bar' ); ?>
Upgrade to Pro
The Pro version extends Stella Announcement Bar with advanced targeting, triggers, visitor segmentation, analytics, multiple bar workflows, A/B testing, countdown campaigns, and more marketing controls.
Privacy
This plugin can set functional cookies when Pro features are active, for example visitor targeting and dismissal memory.
If Pro analytics is active, AJAX requests can be sent to track bar views and clicks.
Site owners are responsible for obtaining any required user consent and for documenting this behavior in their privacy policy.
Screenshots
Frontend announcement bar displayed at the top of the site.
Frontend announcement bar displayed at the bottom of the site.
Main settings screen with enable, message, and CTA button options.
Color customization controls for the bar and button.
Placement and visibility options for top, bottom, or homepage-only display.
Additional options including close button, shadow, and font size settings.
Manual placement help showing shortcode and PHP action usage.
Mobile-friendly responsive announcement bar layout.