WPFront Notification Bar Plugin

Want to display a notification about a promotion or a news? WPFront Notification Bar plugin lets you do that easily.

Upgrade to PRO to create multiple bars and to use advanced editor.

Features

• Display a message with a button (optional).
• Processes shortcodes.
• Button will open a URL or execute JavaScript.
• Position the bar on top or bottom.
• Can be fixed at position (Sticky Bar).
• Display on Scroll option.
• Set any height you want.
• Set the number of seconds before the bar appears.
• Display a close button for the visitor.
• Set the number of seconds before auto close.
• Colors are fully customizable.
• Display a Reopen Button.
• Select the pages/posts you want to display the notification.
• Select the user roles you want to display the notification.
• Set Start and End dates.
• Hide in Small Devices.

Visit WPFront Notification Bar Troubleshooting page for troubleshooting steps.

Visit WPFront Notification Bar Settings page for detailed option descriptions.

1. Click Plugins/Add New from the WordPress admin panel
2. Search for “WPFront Notification Bar” and install

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1. Download the .zip package
2. Unzip into the subdirectory ‘wpfront-notification-bar’ within your local WordPress plugins directory
3. Refresh plugin page and activate plugin
4. Configure plugin using settings link under plugin name or by going to WPFront/Notification Bar

1. 

   Settings page.

3.4.2

• Bug fixes.

3.4.1

• Bug fixes.

3.4

• Bug fixes.
• Compatibility fixes.
• XSS fixes.

3.3.2

• Bug fixes.
• PHP & WP compatibility fixes.

3.3.1

• Bug fixes.

3.3.0

• New schedules UI.
• WPML compatibility fixes.
• Plugin conflict fixes.
• Bug fixes.

3.2.1

• Copy bars.

3.2.0

• Recurring schedule(PRO).
• New UI.
• Bug fixes.

3.1.0

• Max views configuration.
• Enqueue CSS in footer.
• Reopen button offset.
• Bug fixes.

3.0.0

• Create multiple bars(PRO).
• TinyMCE editor.
• Custom capabilities(PRO).

2.3.0

• Custom capability bug fix.
• Keep closed bug fix.

2.2.0

• You can now change the capability checked by Notification Bar.
• Use WPFRONT_NOTIFICATION_BAR_EDIT_CAPABILITY constant to set your custom capability or use wpfront_notification_bar_edit_capability filter.
• You can now enable/disable notification bar based on any condition using wpfront_notification_bar_enabled filter.

2.1.0

• More XSS fixes. Please read this link before upgrading.
• Use WPFRONT_NOTIFICATION_BAR_UNFILTERED_HTML constant to get v1.x behavior on message & button text.
• Add define(‘WPFRONT_NOTIFICATION_BAR_UNFILTERED_HTML’, true); to your wp-config.php to disable message sanitization.
• Another way is to use wpfront_notification_bar_message_allow_unfiltered_html and wpfront_notification_bar_button_text_allow_unfiltered_html filters.
• WPML compatibility fix. Use WPFRONT_NOTIFICATION_BAR_LANG_DOMAIN constant to change language domain.

2.0.0

• Breaking change added. Please read this link before upgrading.
• Breaking change: Message text no longer allow script tags.
• If you have script tags in your message text, use ‘wpfront_notification_bar_message’ filter to set your message.
• This change is needed as per ‘WordPress Plugin Review Team’.
• More XSS fixes.

1.9.2

• XSS fix on the settings page.

1.9.1

• Compatibility fix.

1.9.0

• Reopen button image is now configurable.
• Add dynamic CSS through URL.
• Compatibility fixes.
• Bug fixes.
• PHP 8.0 fixes.
• SiteGround conflict fix.

1.8.1

• Description correction.

1.8

• Preview mode.
• Debug mode.
• Hide in small devices and windows.
• Change cookie names.
• Edit include/exclude post IDs manually.
• Edit colors manually.
• More rel attributes. Thanks to jetxpert.
• Accessibility and compatibility fixes.
• Filters ‘wpfront_notification_bar_message’ and ‘wpfront_notification_bar_button_text’ added.
• Bug fixes.

1.7.1

• Processes shortcode in button text.
• Notification bar menu is now under ‘Settings’ menu.
• PHP 7.2 compatibility fixes.
• Bug fixes.

1.7

• Start and End times.

1.6

• Processes shortcodes.
• Nofollow link option.

1.5.2

• WP eMember integration.

1.4.2

• Bug fixes.
• Serbo-Croatian translation. Thanks to Borisa Djuraskovic.

1.4.1

• Bug fixes.
• Hungarian translation. Thanks to Botfai Tibor.

1.4

• Display on Scroll option added.
• Date filters added.

1.3

• User roles filter added.
• New menu structure.

1.2.1

• Fixed an issue with mod_security.
• German language added. Thanks to Anders Lind.

1.2

• Keep closed for days.
• Change color of close button.
• Custom CSS option added.

1.1

• Filter pages option added.
• Reopen button added.
• Keep closed option added.
• Position offset added.
• WordPress 3.8 ready.

1.0.1

• A couple of bug fixes.

1.0

• Initial release