wptopbuddy

TopBuddy is a modern WordPress notification bar plugin that lets you draw attention to important messages without cluttering your page. Use a visual builder with live preview to craft notification bars that match your brand. Whether you want to promote a sale, announce a new feature, share a cookie policy or welcome new visitors, TopBuddy gives you all the tools you need to deliver the right message at the right time.
<h3>Why choose TopBuddy?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Enhance discoverability: Announce promotions, product launches or updates in an eye‑catching way that visitors can’t miss.</li>
<li>Boost engagement: Add call‑to‑action buttons that encourage sign‑ups, downloads or purchases directly from the bar.</li>
<li>Guide user journeys: Direct visitors to key pages (store, blog, sign‑up forms) and improve navigation without taking up space in your layout.</li>
<li>Improve user experience: Use sticky bars so your announcement or navigation stays available while users scroll down long pages.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<h3>🧱 Easy Visual Builder</h3>
<ul>
<li>Drag & drop interface: Create notification bars with a visual builder – simply drag components like icons, titles, messages, buttons or images into place.</li>
<li>Live preview: See your changes in real time so you can perfect your design before publishing.</li>
<li>Template library: Get started quickly with pre‑made templates designed for common scenarios such as promotions, welcome messages or announcements.</li>
<li>Built‑in components: Choose from multiple component types including icons, text, buttons and images. No coding required.</li>
</ul>
<h3>🎨 Customization & Styling</h3>
<ul>
<li>Full color control: Customize background, text and button colors to match your site’s branding.</li>
<li>Adjust sizes & spacing: Set sizes for any of the available components.</li>
<li>Font sizes: Font sizes are easily changeable by simply selecting from a list of predefined sizes.</li>
<li>Button styles: Choose between link‑style or button‑style call‑to‑action buttons, with separate hover state colors.</li>
<li>Icon library: Access a built‑in library of icons to enhance your message.</li>
<li>Responsive design: All bars are mobile‑friendly, ensuring they look great on desktops, tablets and phones.</li>
<li>Alignment and content size Change the alignment or maximum content width with ease.</li>
</ul>
<h3>⚙️ Display & Targeting Controls</h3>
<ul>
<li>Flexible positioning: Show bars at the top or bottom of your website and decide whether they are fixed or sticky on scroll.</li>
<li>Advanced display rules: Display bars site‑wide, on specific page types (posts, pages, custom post types) or target individual pages and taxonomies using an AJAX‑powered search.</li>
<li>User targeting: Show different bars based on user roles (administrator, editor, subscriber, etc.) or login status (logged in, logged out or both).</li>
<li>Multiple bars: Manage multiple notification bars from a single dashboard.</li>
</ul>
<h3>📣 User Interaction</h3>
<ul>
<li>Call‑to‑action buttons: Add buttons that link to any URL or trigger actions (e.g., opening a form or modal).</li>
<li>Dismiss & recall: Include a close button so visitors can hide the bar, with options to disable the button.</li>
<li>Cookie dismissal: Remember visitors’ choices and configure how long a dismissed bar stays hidden before it reappears.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Typical Use Cases</h3>
TopBuddy is versatile and can be used across websites of any size or niche. Here are a few examples:
<ul>
<li>Promotions and sales: Highlight discount codes or time‑sensitive offers to boost conversions.</li>
<li>Welcome messages: Greet new visitors with a friendly note or a link to your most popular content.</li>
<li>Important announcements: Notify users about product updates, policy changes, maintenance windows or new features.</li>
<li>Cookie notices and compliance: Inform visitors of cookie usage or privacy policy requirements without disruptive pop‑ups.</li>
<li>Lead generation: Combine notification bars with subscription or contact forms to capture email leads.</li>
<li>Navigation aid: Use sticky bars to keep primary navigation or “back to top” buttons within reach.</li>
</ul>

Notification Bar for WordPress – TopBuddy

Easily add a customizable notification bar at the top or bottom of your website to display announcements, promotions, and important messages.

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fooplugins

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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.
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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

Notification Bar for WordPress – TopBuddy vs Notification Bar, Announcement and Cookie Notice WordPress Plugin – FooBar