Lightweight WordPress announcement bar plugin with top or bottom placement, CTA button, homepage targeting, and simple design controls.

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<p>Stella Announcement Bar helps you add a clean, high-visibility announcement bar to your WordPress site without editing theme files.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The plugin is lightweight, responsive, and easy to configure from a single admin screen.</p>
<h4>Free Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Enable a sitewide announcement bar in seconds.</li>
<li>Show the bar at the top or bottom of the page.</li>
<li>Add custom announcement text and an optional CTA button.</li>
<li>Customize background color, text color, and button colors.</li>
<li>Adjust bar font size for better readability.</li>
<li>Show the bar sitewide or on the homepage only.</li>
<li>Optional close button for visitors.</li>
<li>Optional shadow styling for stronger visual separation.</li>
<li>Shortcode support with <code>[stella_announcement_bar]</code>.</li>
<li>Developer action hook for manual template placement.</li>
<li>Fallback rendering for themes that need manual support.</li>
<li>Responsive design for desktop and mobile devices.</li>
<li>Delete-data-on-uninstall option for clean removal.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Ideal Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Sales promotions and limited-time offers</li>
<li>Shipping updates or store notices</li>
<li>Webinar, event, or product launch announcements</li>
<li>Maintenance messages and temporary alerts</li>
<li>Call-to-action bars for landing pages and campaigns</li>
</ul>
<h4>Manual Placement Options</h4>
<p>If automatic placement is not suitable for your theme or layout, you can use:</p>
<ul>
<li>Shortcode: <code>[stella_announcement_bar]</code></li>
<li>PHP action: <code><?php do_action( 'stella_announcement_bar' ); ?></code></li>
</ul>
<h4>Upgrade to Pro</h4>
<p>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.</p>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>This plugin can set functional cookies when Pro features are active, for example visitor targeting and dismissal memory.<br />
If Pro analytics is active, AJAX requests can be sent to track bar views and clicks.</p>
<p>Site owners are responsible for obtaining any required user consent and for documenting this behavior in their privacy policy.</p>


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