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Total downloads: 14,130
Active installs: 40
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 8
Last updated: 11/21/2025 (40 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 7/21/2020 (5 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.7
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 7.4

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 40 days ago • 1 reviews

61/100

Is Courier Notices abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 40 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 5.7
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 7.4

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Developers

Aaron Ware (Owner)2Jonathan Desrosiers (Owner)9Linchpin8Aaron Ware5Jonathan Desrosiers2Maxwell Morgan2Brian Fischer2Nate Allen1

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Description

Courier Notices is a powerful WordPress plugin that allows you to create and display custom notices, alerts, and modals throughout your website. Perfect for announcements, promotions, warnings, or any important information you want to share with your visitors.

Key Features:

  • Easy Customization – Customize colors and icons with no coding required
  • Multiple Notice Types – Create different types of notices (Primary, Success, Alert, Warning, Feedback, Info)
  • Flexible Placement – Display notices in header, footer, as modals, or anywhere using CSS selectors
  • Dismissible Options – Choose whether notices can be dismissed by users
  • Modal Support – Create full-screen overlay popup notices
  • AJAX Loading – Compatible with caching plugins and CDNs
  • Developer Friendly – REST API endpoints and hooks for custom development

Perfect for:
* Website announcements and updates
* Promotional campaigns and special offers
* Important warnings or maintenance notices
* User feedback and success messages
* Emergency alerts and notifications

Notice Types Include:
* Primary – General information (#039ad6)
* Success – Positive confirmations (#04a84e)
* Alert – Important warnings (#f97600)
* Warning – Critical alerts (#ea3118)
* Feedback – Form responses (#8839d3)
* Info – General information (#878787)

Placement Options:
* Header – Displays at the top of the page
* Footer – Fixed position at the bottom
* Modal – Full-screen overlay popup
* Custom – Use CSS selectors for specific placement

Shortcodes

Note: Shortcodes are deprecated in favor of blocks in the upcoming version 2.0

[courier_notice id="1"]

Displays a Courier notice based on the Courier post ID, displays a flag to call out the notice as well.

Parameters:

  • id – The ID of the notice to display

Installation

Automatic Installation (Recommended)

  1. Go to Plugins > Add New in your WordPress admin
  2. Search for “Courier Notices”
  3. Click Install Now and then Activate

Manual Installation

  1. Download the plugin ZIP file
  2. Upload to /wp-content/plugins/courier-notices/
  3. Activate through Plugins > Installed Plugins

Post-Installation Setup

  1. Go to Courier Notices > Settings to configure global options
  2. Create your first notice under Courier Notices > Add New
  3. Configure notice types and styles as needed

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this plugin work with Full Page Caching or WordPress Object Caching?

Yes! Courier Notices is fully compatible with caching plugins.

I’m looking for a specific type of notice that courier doesn’t have, what’s next?

Courier Notices is highly extensible and our team is constantly adding new features. You can:
* Create a pull request on GitHub
* Submit an issue with your feature request
* Check out the Pro version for additional features

Can I customize the styling of the notices?

Yes! You can customize colors and icons through the admin interface, or disable the default CSS and add your own custom styles.

Does this plugin work with my theme?

Courier Notices is designed to work with any WordPress theme. It uses standard WordPress hooks and can be placed anywhere using CSS selectors.

Can I display notices only to specific users?

Yes, you can set notices to display globally or target specific user roles and individual users.

Is there a limit to how many notices I can create?

No, you can create as many notices as you need. However, for performance reasons, we recommend keeping concurrent notices to a reasonable number.

Can I use Courier Notices with other plugins?

Absolutely! Courier Notices is designed to work alongside other plugins and won’t conflict with most WordPress plugins.

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Screenshots

  1. List of "Types" of Informational Courier Notices within the WordPress admin

    List of "Types" of Informational Courier Notices within the WordPress admin

  2. Editing colors and icons of a Courier Notice

    Editing colors and icons of a Courier Notice

  3. Frontend display of a few Courier Notices, including dismissible notices.

    Frontend display of a few Courier Notices, including dismissible notices.

  4. Frontend display of a modal Courier Notice.

    Frontend display of a modal Courier Notice.

Changelog

See changelog https://github.com/linchpin/courier-notices/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

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