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WP PlugIndex currently records Varsby – Accessible Notification & Announcement Bar version 1.2.3 as active, updated 26d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Overview
About this plugin
2 AA, a differentiator most announcement-bar plugins skip. Features include:
Save a library of notification bars and switch which one is live — keep a Black Friday bar, a maintenance notice and a sale banner ready, and enable the one you need without redoing your work. The free version shows one bar at a time.
Message text with basic HTML support ( <strong>, <em>, <a> ).
Optional call-to-action button with its own text, link, colours and “open in new tab” option.
Background, text and button color pickers, plus an adjustable font size.
Position the bar at the top or bottom, sticky (stays visible) or static (scrolls away).
Show site-wide, on the front page only, or everywhere except the front page.
Show on desktop, mobile, or both.
Toggle visibility for logged-in users.
Visitors can dismiss the bar — it then stays hidden for a duration you choose (1 to 365 days, 1 day by default). Each bar remembers its own dismissal, so hiding one never suppresses another.
Lightweight: only enqueues assets when needed.
Whether you need a sticky notification bar, a promo or sale banner, a floating call-to-action bar, or a simple header announcement bar, Varsby stays lightweight and only loads its assets when the bar is actually shown.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
alert bar
announcement bar
notification bar
sticky bar
accessibility
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 7.4
Update activity7 Oct 202626d ago
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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
Version1.2.2→1.2.3
WordPress compatibility7.1→7.1.3
Tracking & source
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