Announcement & Notification Banner - Bulletin

Announcement Banner View demos here | View docs here Over 1k active installs and many happy customers! We have a perfect average 5 star review. See some customer reviews below: "Works well and easy to use – recommend" "Very simple plugin, elegant design and great assistance! I tried some other plugins and this one is the best! I highly recommend…" "Does the job. PERFECTLY!" "Gets the message across, where you want it, when you want it, how you want it. Great, lightweight plugin. Does what it needs to do without a lot of dead weight." "I really like this bulletin plugin, it’s the best I’ve seen!" "Fantastic Plugin, so versatile!" Bulletin is a lightweight plugin that shows announcement banners, sale offers and shop notices on your website. Here are a few of the typical scenarios when you would use Bulletin:

• 🛍️ Sale offers
• ⏳ Countdown to an event
• 🆕 Announcing a new section on your website
• ⚠️ Showing an important notice for logged-in members
• 🚨 Emergency Announcements
• 🍪 Cookie notice
• ✨ Announcing a new feature for your product
• 🎉 And much more!

How it works Watch a quick video of how it works here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C54MIp5cW8 You can also check out these demos:

• Header bulletin with multiple messages
• Header bulletin with countdown
• Floating at bottom with icon
• Floating at bottom with custom fonts
• Sticky footer with custom image
• Corner with button
• Trigger an easy popup

You can also check out the docs on our site, which are extended regularly. Do you have a fixed navigation bar or would like to display a bulletin under your nav? Check out the videos below:

• Display a header bulletin under your header
• Display a header bulletin with a fixed header

Full Bulletin features The basic Bulletin plugin allows you to add unlimited bulletins and use markdown and emoji's! It also comes with Customizer support. The Pro version of Bulletin comes packed with features: 👋🏼 Buttons & Call to actions Add a button with link or trigger JS event 👻 Custom icons and google fonts Make it your own using cool icons and stylish google fonts. 🔄 Add multiple messages in one Rotate through or let them run in marquee style. 🚦 Advanced placement options Show a bulletin only on selected pages on your site. Or only for logged-in users. 🕑 Schedule and expiry functions Live countdown and ability to schedule + expire the bulletin. Check out a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGGQU4B8uVg 🕺 WordPress Network support Specify a bulletin to show on all your sub-sites ✖️ Allow to dismiss Show a close icon and determine the hide duration 🃏 Advanced CSS Ability to add your own CSS with each bulletin (handy for those pesky fixed headers) Free Version Features

1. Desktop and mobile messages
2. Background and text colors
3. Header, floating at bottom and sticky footer display types
4. Content max-width
5. Text alignment and font size

Pro Version Additional Features

1. Corners display type
2. Icon
3. Font Family
4. Multiple messages
5. Button
6. Countdown
7. Display based on the url
8. Display based on user
9. Dismiss a bulletin
10. Additional CSS
11. Display to all subsites

Credits This plugin is created by Rock Solid Plugins. Also check out our new popup plugin Easy Popups! Create easy popups / modals on your site and even link to them from bulletins!

3.11.5

• Fix issue with corner option preview
• Fix issue with closing bulletins

3.11.4

• Bug fixes & improvements

3.11.3

• Bug fix

3.11.2

• Bug fix

3.11.1

• Bug fix

3.11.0

• Optimisation to expiry to work with caching
• tweaks to admin interface

3.10.7

• minor bug fixes
• add offer for Easy Popups

3.10.6

• Small updates

3.10.5

• Update freemius SDK
• Apply stickiness setting on a per-bulletin basis

3.10.4

• Small bug fixes

3.10.3

• Optimisation for showing multiple images only on mobile or desktop
• Small tweaks

3.10.2

• Fix issue with hex value not showing in countdown config
• Fix integration with Easy Popups

3.10.1

• Remove powered by label on popular request
• NEW: ability to override "bulletin" name in WP back-end

3.10.0

• Bug fixes and optimisations
• NEW: show bulletins by IP

3.9.1

• Issue with html being stripped from content
• Minor updates

3.9.0

• Security updates

3.8.7

• Bug fixes
• Updated demo pages
• Optimisations

3.8.5

• Fixed issue where links are stripped in bulletins

3.8.4

• Fixed issue where text after apostrophes is stripped

3.8.2

• Fix for bug with default values not sticking
• Upgrade Freemius SDK

3.8.1

• Various updates to editing bulletins
• Upgrade Freemius SDK
• Fix issues with PHP 8.0
• Fix issues with WP Network

3.7.1

• Further security optimisations

3.7.0

• Address security concerns as raised by WordFence
• Fix for box-sizing for sites that use content-box
• Various other fixes and optimisations

3.6.0

• Bugfix: if html is entered in the message, multi-line support drops off
• general code fixes and optimisations

3.5.8

• Fix issue with tabs hiding because of WooCommerce plugins

3.5.7

• Upgrade Freemius
• Fixed issue with mobile button

3.5.6

• Pro: added ability to included/exclude bulletins based on get params

3.5.6

• Pro: added ability to included/exclude bulletins based on get params

3.5.5

• Fix issue with font-size

3.5.4

• Upgrade Freemius SDK

3.5.3

• More security fixes
• Fix html no longer outputting in bulletins

3.5.2

• Security fixes

3.5.1

• Code cleanup

3.5

• Various bug fixes and enhancements

3.4.1

• Fix for hebrew text
• Customizer fixes
• NEW: Import / Export bulletins

3.3.1

• Bug fix

3.3.0

• Add ability to show small image on bulletins (pro only)
• Add translation ability on button labels and urls

3.1.0

• Upgrade Freemius SDK
• Solve issue with Polylang

3.0.1

• Fix issue with WPML

3.0.0

• NEW: Totally revamped admin dashboard interface!!
• Better controls for header banners with fixed headers.
• Ability to show header banners under your site header
• Fixed issue with WPML and Polylang for bulletins with multiple messages
• Fixed issue with bulletins not appearing after upgrade to Pro

2.4.4

• Small bugfix to solve a PHP undefined error

2.4.0

• NEW! Ability to schedule bulletins
• Tweaks for button alignment option
• Small fixes & optimizations
• Slight tweak to look and feel to match WP default styling better

2.3.6

• Tweaks & Optimizations

2.3.5

• Small tweaks

2.3.4

• Bugfix on saving bulletins

2.3.3

• Fixed potential issue with apostrophes
• Fix issue with publishing bulletins
• Added Hebrew font
• Small tweaks & optimizations

2.3.1

• Fixed issue with countdown showing even if it was set to hide
• Small tweaks

2.3.0

• Added ability to set cycle speed for multiple messages
• Tweak to button action when adding new Bulletins
• Solve bug with enabling PRO version while FREE version also still enabled

2.2.1

• Solve issue with edit button on front-end showing for non-admins

2.2.0

• Add WPML and Polylang support
• Ability to duplicate bulletins
• Small fixes

2.1.1

• Small tweaks and bug fixes
• Add cookie icon (pro)
• Add ability to dismiss bulletin with button (pro)
• Add Arabic Google fonts
• Update Freemius SDK

2.1.0

• NEW: Corner display option
• Allow user roles other than Administrators to manage Bulletins
• Tweak to the expiry setting; you can now expire bulletins without showing a countdown
• Add speed control for marquees
• Initial translation support for German, French, Dutch and Chinese (SC)
• Small bug fixes and optimizations

2.0.1

• Aims to fix an issue with Favicon potentially dissapearing when Bulletin is activated
• Small fix to prevent themes from messing with font-size settings

2.0.0

• Added initial Customiser support
• Small updates and bug fixes

1.0.7

• Small tweaks & updates
• Update to side panel

1.0.5

• Add option to dismiss bulletin indefinitely (add -1)
• Add additional validations to prevent publishing bulletins with empty font-color
• Fix issue with some themes overriding the font colors set on bulletin
• Other enhancements / upgrades

1.0.4

• Add ability to use links (and open in new tab) in bulletins
• Add basic validation
• Compatibility fix with Buddypress that aims to solve https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-buddypress-12/

1.0.3

• Activation issue fix

1.0.2

• Added font size setting

1.0.1

• Small tweaks
• Added setting for fixed headers

1.0.0

• First release