Announcer · Version history
Announcer changelog and version history
- Latest version
- 6.5
- Oct 4, 2026 (1 month ago)
- Releases
- 25
- since 2012
- In the last year
- 3
- about one every 104 days
- Tested up to
- WordPress 7.1.4
- PHP 5.3 or later
Releases each year
- 20122 releases
- 20133 releases
- 20141 release
- 20203 releases
- 20212 releases
- 20225 releases
- 20233 releases
- 20242 releases
- 20251 release
- 20263 releases
20263 releases
Announcer 6.5Latest
- New: Added basic ARIA attributes to announcement containers, close buttons, and CTA links for improved accessibility.
- Fix: Screen-reader friendly labeling for dismiss and action controls.
- Fix: Hide announcements in legacy widgets preview.
- Fix: Support for WordPress 7.1.
Announcer 6.4
- New: New location rules to target WooCommerce pages.
- Fix: Misc Admin UI enhancements.
- Fix: Support for WordPress 7.0.
Announcer 6.3
- New: Option to start the ticker scroll from the middle of the screen.
- Fix: Optimized ticker animation for better performance.
20251 release
Announcer 6.2
- New: Load JS only on pages where announcement is inserted.
20242 releases
Announcer 6.1
- New: Slide down effect on the page when announcement is shown.
- Fix: Close button is repositioned to not overlap content.
- Fix: Border radius is incorrectly set on the announcement bar.
- Fix: Adjust button margin on smaller screens.
- Fix: Ticker scroll overflows sometimes.
Announcer 6.0.1
- Fix: Added permission/role check for ajax operations.
20233 releases
Announcer 6.0
- New: Location rule to target by WPML language.
- New: Location rule to target search page.
- New: Location rule to select all post statuses.
- Fix: Ticker scroll was abrupt when using images.
- Fix: Background image URL not set correctly.
- Fix: Added nonce to admin ajax call.
Announcer 5.9
- Fix: Call to Action button supports relative URLs.
- Fix: Misc CSS enhancements to CTA button and message style precedence.
- Fix: Misc admin UI enhancements.
- Fix: New close icon.
- Fix: PHP warnings at some places.
Announcer 5.8
- New: Horizontal ticker feature.
- Fix: Font size and color of the bar is now strictly applied.
- Fix: Bar padding is adjusted when close button is enabled.
- Fix: padding key not found warning message.
20225 releases
Announcer 5.7
- New: Visual editor enabled for the announcement message.
- Fix: Padding value not honored.
Announcer 5.6
- New: nofollow attribute can be added to buttons.
Announcer 5.5
- Fix: Enhancements to input and output data sanitization.
Announcer 5.4
- New: Option to close announcement when a link inside message is clicked.
- Fix: Minor admin UI enhancements.
Announcer 5.3
- New: Option to set background image for the bar
- Fix: Moved “layout” options to a separate tab in the admin settings.
- Fix: Minor admin UI color enhancements.
20212 releases
Announcer 5.2
- New: “Custom” display option to open the announcement as needed using JS API.
- New: New option to add extra padding to the announcement bar.
- Fix: Apostrophe not saved when button text is CTA.
- Fix: jQuery exception when trying to add padding when admin bar is shown.
- Fix: Disable autocomplete for the schedule date picker.
- Fix: “Terms of post” criteria was not checking the post type.
- Fix: Minor enhancements to admin settings field.
Announcer 5.1
- New: Announcement can be scheduled with time.
- New: Timezone can be selected for scheduling the announcement.
- New: A mini editor is included to add HTML to announcement message.
- New: Option to order announcement when they are stacked.
- Fix: Preview not working.
- Fix: Announcement message with slashes was not working in preview.
- Fix: Close icon now has a text on hover.
- Fix: Announcement reopens when display on page scroll is selected.
20203 releases
Announcer 5.0
- New: Announcement message is switched to a plain text box rather than rich editor to avoid unwanted formatting.
- New: Preview announcements before publishing.
- New: Can enter title/hover text for CTA buttons.
- New: Quick toggle switch to activate/deactivate the announcements.
- New: Custom taxonomies and terms can now be selected in location rules.
- New: Close announcement option upon clicking CTA button.
- Fix: Undefined index cta_buttons upon saving the announcement with no buttons.
- Fix: Replace PHP constant __class__ to __CLASS__.
- Fix: Issue with display on page scroll.
- Fix: Optimized responsiveness for smaller screens.
Announcer 4.1
- New: Added support to set gradients as background color.
Announcer 4.0
- New: Plugin is rewritten from scratch with modern design, new interface and features.
- Note: Announcements from v3 will not be automatically migrated. Announcement positions like above loop is not available in this version. Please make a note of the announcements when in v3 and create them in v4.
20141 release
Announcer 3.0
20133 releases
Announcer 2.4
Announcer 2.3
Announcer 2.2
20122 releases
Announcer 2.1
Announcer 1.5
Questions about Announcer’s releases
What is the latest version of Announcer?
6.5, released on Oct 4, 2026 (1 month ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 5.3 or later.
How often is Announcer updated?
3 releases in the last year, about one every 104 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from June 2012.
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