Sticky banner

April 24, 2024

Sticky banner Plugin

Display a sticky banner/bar at the top or bottom of your website.

This plugin makes it easy to display a sticky announcement banner, at the top or bottom of your website. You can customise the colours to suit your site or brand. Preview your banner from the settings page, before you save/update.

Installation

From your WordPress dashboard

  1. Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’
  2. Search for ‘Sticky Banner’
  3. Activate ‘Sticky Banner’ from your Plugins page.
  4. Visit ‘Sticky Banner’ in the sidebarner to create a new banner.

From WordPress.org

  1. Download ‘Sticky Banner’.
  2. Upload the ‘hdsb-stickybanner’ directory to your ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory, using your favorite method (ftp, sftp, scp, etc…)
  3. Activate ‘Sticky Banner’ from your Plugins page.
  4. Visit ‘Sticky Banner’ in the sidebar to add content and change colours.

Screenshots

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FAQ

What can I use Sticky Banner for?

It’s great for important anouncements, urgent messages or special offers. You’re only limited by imagination.

Changelog

1.3.1

  • Edit: Align text and button on mobile/small screens

1.3.0

  • Add: Enhanced security throughout
  • Add: Sanitization and escaping
  • Add: More secure form submission
  • Edit: Capability checks
  • Edit: Modular JavaScript approach
  • Edit: Simplified file structure

1.2.0

  • Tested up to WP 6.5.2
  • Made button style more ‘button like’
  • Resolved admin button hover text issue

1.1.0

The plugin has been coded from the ground up to be cleaner and make future updates easier.

  • New setting: Cookie expiry days option added to settings
  • New setting: Hide on pages option added (add page IDs with commas)
  • New: Adds an active class to the body for styling (hdsb-t-active or hdsb-t-active)
  • New: Users can now close banner with X on right hand side (adds cookie for 7 days)
  • Update: Button will not show without a URL added to settings

1.0.0

  • Initial Version.

Details

  • Version: 1.3.1
  • Active installations: 600
  • WordPress Version: 3.0.1
  • Tested up to: 6.5.5
  • PHP Version: 7.1

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