Best announce plugins for WordPress
The most popular announce plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Announce from the Dashboard leads with 7K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Notices (100+) and Easy Announcements (30+). All 8 plugins tagged “announce” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 announce plugins
- 1.
Announce from the DashboardThe most installed announce plugin, with 7K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 2.Simple Notices
100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 3.
Easy Announcements30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.annouoncement
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.5.
- 5.
Urban Insight Promobar10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 6.AnnounceME
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 7.
BannerlyFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 8.Layeredy Announce
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “announce”

Announce from the Dashboard
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,645by gqevu6bsiz2 years ago
Announcement to users on the Dashboard.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 19/day
Simple Notices
Up in the last 7 days:72#14,960by Syed Balkhi11 years ago
A simple plugin that adds a notification system to your WordPress. Via custom post types, Simple Notices gives you a way to make announcements that ar …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.5(4)
- Downloads
- 4/day

Easy Announcements
Up in the last 7 days:223#23,882by Philly Web Team7 months ago
Easily add announcements in the form of banners and popups to your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
annouoncement
#29,430by mrsajith15 years ago
Do you wanna inform any important news or message to your readers ? You can use this plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Urban Insight Promobar
#41,701by Urban Insight20 days ago
Urban Insight Promobar is a simple promobar plugin which allows you to customize a dismissable promobar at the top of your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
AnnounceME
Down in the last 7 days:1,682#41,719by Berni133715 years ago
AnnounceME is a simple plugin, coded to help you publishing important Announcements.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Bannerly
Up in the last 7 days:2,171#66,289by Shane Jeffers5 years ago
Simple, customizable, smart website banners to help your sites convert & keep visitors informed!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Layeredy Announce
#66,554by Layeredy Software2 months ago
Create beautiful announcement bars in one line of code. Let your entire community know what's happening with customizable designs and scheduled c …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day