Kevin Stover

James Laws

Notice – Version 2.0 represents a huge leap forward for Ninja Announcements. If you have not already, please update to this version. 
If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Ninja Announcements, we recommend that you deactivate the previous version and delete 
it before installing this version.
As of Version 2.0, Ninja Announcements fully supports localization. If you are interesting in translating Ninja Announcements 
into a non-English language, please visit wpninjas.net and let us know so that we can include it in future versions.
The Ninja Announcements plugin displays small portions of text and/or images/video on pages and posts. Generally, these 
are used to let your visitors know about something special. They can be scheduled so that they are only displayed 
between specified dates/times and/or on certain days of the week. For Example, if you wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, but you didn’t want 
to display the message until the 20th of December, you could schedule an announcement to begin on December 20 and 
end on December 26. A visitor coming to your site would see the announcement between those dates, but otherwise your 
site would look just the same.
As with all WP Ninjas plugins, we have tried to keep our code as simple and unobtrusive as possible. To this end, all 
annoucements are edited via the built-in WordPress Rich Text Editor. This means that Ninja Announcements doesn’t have 
to include its own version of TinyMCE. Moreover, you can also include images and videos from your WordPress media 
library or YouTube, so you don’t have to create or maintain a separate media library for your announcements.
Each of your announcements has its own location and scheduling settings, allowing you to place the announcement 
exactly when and where you want it, even display it as a widget. All this without touching code, even shortcodes!
The administration section of Ninja Announcements makes it very easy to add and edit announcements. Older announcements 
are not automatically deleted, but simply deactivated so that they can be edited later. Of course, these can just be deleted if you want.
Features of Ninja Announcements Lite:
<pre><code>* Use multiple announcements, each with its own settings.
* Consistent class and id tags make styling your announcements through CSS simple.
* Choose from three different announcement placements: Header, Widget or Manual (Function) [No shortcodes required].
* Schedule announcements by date, day and/or hour so that they only show for a certain time period.
* Edit announcements using the same rich text editor as a WordPress post.
* Insert images or videos into announcements from your WordPress Media Library, just like you would a post.
* Since it uses the built-in WordPress rich text editor and media gallery, it has a small footprint.
* Choose wether or not users are able to close the announcement.
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Upgrading to Ninja Announcements Pro unlocks the following features:
<pre><code>* Show your announcements on posts or pages, even attach them to specific pages, posts or categories.
* Control the HTML output of Ninja Announcements by setting which wrapper elements it should use.
* Restrict announcement display by user role. i.e. Show announcements only to people who are logged in or those who are not logged in. Display your announcement only to editors, subscribers, administrators etc.
* Show random announcements by using the new "Announcement Group" functionality.
* Set the length of time announcements stay closed after a user has clicked "closed".
* Documentation regarding hooks and filters included in Ninja Announcements Pro.
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<h3>Use</h3>
The default position for all announcements is at the top of your blog, before any of your images or text. If you don’t assign a location to 
an announcement, this is where it will show up. If you don’t want to put the announcement there, you have two other options: sidebar or manual.
If you select “Sidebar (Widget)” from the location list, the announcement will appear as a widget underneath your “Appearance->Widgets” 
admin section. You can then place the widget anywhere in your sidebar that you would like.
The third location option, “Manual (Function)”, is for more advanced WordPress users. This option gives you a php function 
to call within your template file. The function will show the desired announcement wherever you place the code within your template. 
As each announcement has its own, slightly different, function, you’ll have to set the location to “Manual (Function)” and 
save your changes before you are given the php code.
(To see examples and screenshots of each of these uses, please visit http://wpninjas.net)
<h3>Advanced Styling</h3>
As you can see from the screenshots in the section above, the default and manual locations come with a default style applied to them. 
These styles are located in the ninja_annc/css/ninja_annc_display.css file. If you would like to overwrite these default styles, you can do 
so by styling the id of the container div. This div will always have an id of: ninja_annc_3 where 3 is the id of the announcement you want to style. 
This id number can be found at the top of each announcement’s edit page. We highly recommend that you change this in your own stylesheet, 
as future versions of this plugin will likely overwrite the display css file.
For a more detailed explaination of styling your announcements and the close button, please visit: http://wpninjas.net
<h3>Help / Bugs</h3>
Notice – This plugin has not been tested with any version of WordPress prior to 3.0. If you have trouble installing it on a 
previous version, please keep this in mind. If you do have a working install of Ninja Announcements on an older version 
of WordPress, we’d love to hear about it. Drop by the forums at http://plugins.wpninjas.net and let us know.
If you need help installing or getting things working with Ninja Announcements, visit our forums at http://plugins.wpninjas.net. The 
forums are also where we take bug reports and feature requests.
<h3>Requested Features</h3>
We are contemplating adding many features to future versions of the Ninja Announcements plugin. This is a non-exhaustive list:
<pre><code>* Announcement previews
* Multiple widget announcements
* Multi-site network activation
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If you have any requests, please drop by the forums at http://wpninjas.net and tell us about them.

Ninja Announcements Lite

This plugin lets you create announcements (text and/or media) that are displayed in various places of your WordPress installation.

bradvin

fooplugins

steveush

FooBar allows you to create unlimited eye-catching notification bars, announcements and cookie notices that catch your visitor’s attention. 
FooBar has been completely rewritten from the ground up to give you fresh and modern looking notifications.
<a href="https://fooplugins.com/foobar-wordpress-notification-bars/" rel="nofollow ugc">Visit the FooBar Homepage</a>
Why Create A FooBar Notification?
<ul>
<li>Communicate with your customers quickly and efficiently, by drawing their attention to your notification bars.</li>
<li>Generate leads and grow your customer base.</li>
<li>Use FOMO to drive product sales.</li>
<li>Convert visitors into paying customers.</li>
<li>Announce specials and important business news.</li>
<li>Elegantly inform visitors about cookies, and comply with the EU GDPR cookie law and CCPA regulations.</li>
</ul>
Technical Features
<ul>
<li>Create unlimited notifications</li>
<li>Choose from different types (Announcement, Call To Action, Cookie Notice)</li>
<li>Settings to customize your message / call to action buttons / notice</li>
<li>Appearance settings to help you match your theme</li>
<li>Visibility settings to customize how and when your announcement bars are shown</li>
<li>Easily duplicate notifications from listing page in admin</li>
<li>See previews within the admin, or on the frontend</li>
<li>SEO friendly</li>
<li>Supports Emojis 😀</li>
<li>Compatible with PHP 8.2</li>
</ul>
Usage Examples
<ul>
<li>Show a welcome notice to your visitors</li>
<li>Advertise a sale you are currently running, with a CTA button to your shop page</li>
<li>Show a cookie notice to your visitors and comply with EU GDPR cookie law and CCPA regulations</li>
<li>Updated your privacy policy? Inform your users with a notification bar</li>
<li>Create an announcement bar about your new product launch</li>
</ul>
There are 7 different notification types available:
<ul>
<li>Announcement – shows a simple announcement message with an optional link</li>
<li>Call To Action – shows a message with a call to action (CTA) button</li>
<li>Cookie Notice – shows a cookie notice with an accept button</li>
<li>Sign Up (PRO only) – capture emails and add them to a Mailchimp list</li>
<li>Countdown (PRO only) – show a countdown and call to action button to create a FOMO effect</li>
<li>Tweet (PRO only) – shows a message with a click to Tweet button</li>
<li>Free Shipping (PRO only) – shows a bar to your shoppers to entice them with free shipping if they buy more. Integrates with your WooCommerce store settings</li>
</ul>
PRO Features
<ul>
<li>4 extra bar types – Countdown, Free Shipping, Tweet and Sign Up, including Mailchimp integration.</li>
<li>Left & Right positions – up to 12 positions now available!</li>
<li>Full customization – set gradient backgrounds, change font size, choose different icons, and more!</li>
<li>Open / Close triggers – open or close based on exit intent, time delays, scroll distance and more!</li>
<li>Attention-grabbing Effects – Increase your conversions by grabbing the attention of visitors, to make them click on your buttons or open the bar.</li>
<li>Scheduling – Decide when your bar shows, by selecting a start and end date/time.</li>
<li>Visibility Conditions – Choose where your notifications will show with conditions of your choosing. Show for a specific post type, or on specific pages only, or for certain categories.</li>
<li>Custom CSS – add any custom CSS to the bar.</li>
<li>More coming soon!</li>
</ul>
Announcement Bar Settings
<ul>
<li>Announcement Text – The announcement message that will be shown to your visitors. It can also contain emoji’s</li>
<li>Show Link – Do you want to show an anchor link next to the announcement?</li>
<li>Link Text</li>
<li>Link URL</li>
<li>Link Target</li>
</ul>
Call To Action Bar Settings
<ul>
<li>CTA Text – The call-to-action message that will be shown.</li>
<li>Button Text</li>
<li>Button URL</li>
<li>Button Target</li>
<li>CTA Button Position – You can override the position of the Call-To-Action button.</li>
</ul>
Cookie Notice Bar Settings
<ul>
<li>Cookie Notice Text – The cookie notice that will be shown to your visitors.</li>
<li>Accept Button Text – The accept button will close the bar if clicked.</li>
<li>Show Policy Link?</li>
<li>Button Target</li>
<li>CTA Button Position – You can override the position of the Call-To-Action button.</li>
</ul>
General Settings
Layout settings to set how the notification is displayed within your page:
<ul>
<li>Position – Where do you want the bar to show on the page?</li>
<li>Push Content – Whether or not the bar pushes the page to avoid hiding content</li>
<li>Initial State – Is the bar opened or collapsed when the page loads?</li>
<li>Remember State – Remember the state of the bar across page refreshes. If a visitor closes the bar, when they refresh the page again, it will stay closed.</li>
<li>Expire State – Set a duration in days, before the state expires. If a visitor had previously closed a bar, when they refresh the page again, it will once again be opened.</li>
</ul>
Toggle Button settings. The toggle is the small button on the side of the notification with an icon, that collapses or dismisses the notification. To disable the toggle button, select a Toggle Shape of “None”.
<ul>
<li>Toggle Shape – The toggle is the small button on the side of the bar with an icon. What do you want the toggle button shape to look like?</li>
<li>Toggle Action – What happens when the toggle button is clicked?</li>
<li>Toggle Position – You can override the position of the toggle button.</li>
</ul>
Appearance Settings
<ul>
<li>Color Scheme – Choose from one of the pre-defined color schemes available for your bar.</li>
<li>Transition – What transition should the bar use when opening or closing?</li>
</ul>
Visibility Settings
<ul>
<li>Show When – On which pages do you want to show the bar?</li>
</ul>

Notification Bar, Announcement and Cookie Notice WordPress Plugin – FooBar

We use FooBar on our website fooplugins.com and it's a breeze to setup and use.

We love the new modern look

Major upgrade looks amazing

Foobar is great little plugin for adding simple notification bars, announcements and call to action bars to websites. 

The admin interface makes it very easy to set up notification bars and have them appear on one or more pages using the provided shortcode.  

For a first version of the plugin it already has a very good number of features and having chatted with the development team I know there are many more new features and improvements on the way. 

Highly recommended!

Super easy and effective notification bars.

Create unlimited notifications, announcements, or notices for your visitors

Ninja Announcements Lite vs Notification Bar, Announcement and Cookie Notice WordPress Plugin – FooBar