Description
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.
Installation
- Upload the
stella-announcement-barfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the
Pluginsmenu in WordPress. - Open the
Stella Baradmin menu. - Enable the bar and configure your message, button, colors, and visibility settings.
FAQ
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Does this work with most WordPress themes?
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Yes. Stella Announcement Bar uses standard WordPress hooks and also includes shortcode and manual placement options for themes that need a custom placement method.
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Can I show the announcement bar only on the homepage?
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Yes. The free version supports sitewide display or homepage-only display.
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Can I place the bar at the bottom instead of the top?
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Yes. You can choose top or bottom placement from the settings screen.
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Yes. You can add optional button text and a destination URL. If both fields are left empty, the button is hidden.
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Can visitors close the bar?
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Yes. You can enable or disable the close button from the settings.
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Can I customize the colors?
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Yes. The free version includes controls for bar background color, text color, button background color, and button text color.
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Is this plugin lightweight?
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Yes. Stella Announcement Bar is designed to be simple, lightweight, and focused on a single conversion-friendly use case.
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What does the Pro version add?
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The Pro version adds advanced targeting, new vs returning visitor targeting, device targeting, delay and scroll triggers, exit intent, analytics, A/B testing, and more campaign-focused features.
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Contributors & Developers
“Stella Announcement Bar” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
1.0.1
- Fixed top bar fallback behavior for themes without
wp_body_open. - Limited free uninstall cleanup to free plugin data only.
1.0.0
- Initial release.