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Gridxflex Announcement Bars with CTA

Lightweight, fully customizable announcement bar with display options and cookie-based dismissibility.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.9
Current version1.1.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.9
Minimum stackWP 5.0 · PHP 7.2
Directory statusactive
Last directory update16 Apr 20266mo ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Gridxflex Announcement Bars with CTA version 1.1.0 as active, updated 6mo ago and tested up to WordPress 6.9.

Overview

About this plugin

Transform your WordPress website with a stunning, fully responsive Gridxflex Announcement Bars with CTA — a lightweight, easy-to-use plugin that allows you to display customizable announcement bars on your website. Perfect for announcements, promotions, or important notifications without slowing down your site.

Features

  • Multiple Announcement Bars — Create and manage unlimited announcement bars with individual settings
  • Priority Ordering — Control which announcement bars appear first using priority values
  • Enable / Disable Toggle — Instantly activate or deactivate any announcement bar from the list
  • Duplicate Notice — Clone any existing announcement bar as a starting point for a new one
  • Flexible Announcement Bar — Display notice at top or bottom of website
  • Sticky or Static — Choose between fixed (sticky) or inline (non-sticky) display
  • Fully Customizable Text — Edit notice text directly from admin panel with HTML support
  • CTA Button — Add a custom button with URL and open-in-new-tab option
  • Design Controls — Customize colors, padding, and font size
  • Scheduling — Set start and end dates to automatically show or hide a announcement bar
  • Trigger: Time Delay — Show notice after a configurable number of seconds
  • Trigger: Scroll Percentage — Show notice when the user scrolls a set percentage down the page
  • Trigger: Exit Intent — Show notice when the user moves their cursor toward closing the tab (desktop only)
  • Visibility Controls — Show on entire site, homepage only, specific pages, specific categories, specific tags, or selected post types
  • User Role Targeting — Show notice only to selected user roles
  • Hide from Logged-in Users — Option to show notice only to visitors
  • Dismissible Option — Allow users to close the bar with cookie-based memory (30 days)
  • Lightweight — No external libraries, minimal CSS and JavaScript
  • Fully Responsive — Works perfectly on mobile, tablet, and desktop devices
  • Analytics — Smart analytics with total views and clicks count and auto CTR calculation

Design Controls

  • Background color picker
  • Text color picker
  • Button color customization
  • Adjustable padding & font size
  • Entrance animation style picker (slide, fade, reveal, pop, bounce, flip)
  • Animation duration control (milliseconds)

Visibility Settings

  • Show on entire site
  • Show only on homepage
  • Show on specific pages
  • Show on specific categories
  • Show on specific tags
  • Show on specific post types
  • Show to specific user roles only
  • Option to hide for logged-in users

Schedule Settings

  • Set a start date and time for a notice to automatically appear
  • Set an end date and time for a notice to automatically disappear
  • Leave either field empty for open-ended scheduling

Trigger Settings

  • Show after a configurable time delay (seconds)
  • Show after the user scrolls a set percentage down the page
  • Show on exit intent — when user moves cursor toward closing the tab (desktop only)

Dismissible Feature

  • Allow users to close the bar with a close button
  • Cookie-based memory for dismissed notices (30 days)

Support

For support, please visit the plugin documentation or contact our support team.

License

Gridxflex Announcement Bars with CTA is licensed under the GPL v2 or later. See LICENSE file for details.

Additional Info

Requirements

  • WordPress 5.0 or higher
  • PHP 7.2 or higher

Browser Support

  • Chrome (latest)
  • Firefox (latest)
  • Safari (latest)
  • Microsoft Edge (latest)
  • Mobile browsers — iOS Safari, Chrome for Android

Privacy

This plugin does not collect, store, or transmit any user data. It only stores announcement bar settings in your WordPress database.

Support or Feature Requests

  • GitHub Repository
  • WordPress Support Forum

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request on GitHub.

Credits

Built with ❤️ for WordPress using best practices and WordPress coding standards.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

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

  • announcement bar
  • custom notice
  • banner
  • dismissible
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.9

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.9.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.9
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.0 · PHP 7.2
Update activity16 Apr 20266mo ago

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