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This plugin adds a widget to your WordPress site called Simple News Ticker, publish this widget wherever needed and set its options, the plugin uses Flexslider Jquery plugin to create a slider of Posts(only titles), you can navigate throught the posts, the options are:
–Title: Title of the widget 
–Categories to show, use slugs separated by commas: Which categories to include in the loop, they can be custom post types categories 
–Categories to hide, use ids separated by commas: The categories to hide, here you need to use id’s 
–Offset, number: Write the number for offset in the loop, this means the number of post you need to jump from beginning. 
–Number of posts to show: Posts per page 
–Post Type to use: This field will list all available post types in theme for you to choose one
<h3>Usage instructions</h3>
Go to Appearance/Widgets and find new widget called Simple News Ticker, just publish it and set options.
Find plugin and issues solved at http://mimo.media or fork it on Github at https://github.com/mimomedia/simple-news-ticker

Simple News Ticker

Creates a Widget to display a News Ticker of posts or whatever custom post type you have. Includes 'Next', 'Prev' buttons.

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UltraGreek Ticker displays a scrolling ticker with manual messages you enter in the admin panel.
<h3>Usage</h3>
Go to <code>UltraGreek Ticker</code> in the admin menu and add your Label + Text 1-5.
Enable Auto Placement to show the ticker above or below the header.

UltraGreek Ticker

A simple ticker where you enter messages manually.

Simple News Ticker vs UltraGreek Ticker