Best announcements plugins for WordPress
The most popular announcements plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Post Timeline leads with 800+ active installs, ahead of Site Announcements (300+) and Scheduled Announcements Widget (100+). All 30 plugins tagged “announcements” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.
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Top 10 announcements plugins
- 1.
Post TimelineThe most installed announcements plugin, with 800+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 21 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Site Announcements300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 3.
Scheduled Announcements Widget100+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 4.
PingBlink80+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 5.
Frontend Dashboard Notification40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
ScrollTick40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago.
- 7.
Easy Announcements30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
Pinned Feed Notices20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.
Responsive News & Announcements20+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 10.
Responsive Bit Announcement Manager10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
All 30 plugins tagged “announcements”
Post Timeline
Up in the last 7 days:45#7,597by Agile Logix2 months ago
Create stunning and interactive timelines for your WordPress posts with ease. Post Timeline is the ultimate plugin for displaying your WordPress conte …
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.2(21)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Site Announcements
Up in the last 7 days:16#10,408by Edward7 years ago
Site Announcements allows you to broadcast site-wide messages to your visitors, as well as set custom parameters for the messages, such as the backgro …
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Scheduled Announcements Widget
Up in the last 7 days:42#14,135by Nikki Blight3 years ago
The Scheduled Announcements Widget lets you add a scrolling list of site announcements to any widgetized area of your site.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.8(5)
- Downloads
- 5/day
PingBlink
Down in the last 7 days:248#17,712by Upluggit4 months ago
A beautifully designed, lightning-fast widget for Help articles, Announcements, and Offers. Keep your users engaged without leaving the page.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Frontend Dashboard Notification
Down in the last 7 days:304#21,599by M A Vinoth Kumar1 month ago
Create and broadcast rich notifications, announcements, and alerts across Frontend Dashboard pages.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
ScrollTick
Down in the last 7 days:370#23,141by uisumo8 years ago
This is the simple way to create scrolling text in your website.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/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
Pinned Feed Notices
Up in the last 7 days:5,445#26,228by The WP Garden1 month ago
Pin announcements to the top of the BuddyPress or BuddyBoss activity feed. Target them by member type and let members dismiss them.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Responsive News & Announcements
Up in the last 7 days:78#26,893by Rupok13 years ago
An announcement plugin that shows your announcements/breaking news/offers/notice on top of the website.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Responsive Bit Announcement Manager
Up in the last 7 days:8,871#36,261by Shafaat Javed14 years ago
Announcement's Usage Guide
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Apollo Bar
Up in the last 7 days:887#37,208by codee4713 years ago
Apollo Bar is a simple announcements plugin that allows you to create colorful notification bars for your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Produktly
Up in the last 7 days:3,023#38,945by Produktly9 months ago
Drive product-led growth by integrating Produktly product tours, feedback widgets & much more into your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Skysa Announcements App
Up in the last 7 days:1,967#45,576by Skysa12 years ago
Post pop-up ajax announcements for your site visitors. Rich content, announcement experation date and many other announcement options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Summits Alert
#46,053by eisenivan11 years ago
A lightweight plugin that allows you to place a sitewide alert message in the header of your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Church Options
Down in the last 7 days:4,394#47,517by Tim Lawson7 years ago
An all-in-one solution for churches to add the custom post types and custom fields they need for an effective website. Compatible theme required.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Announcements
#47,861by Tomas2 years ago
When users logged in admin area, they will see announcements first, if users did not accept announcements, they can not open any menu in back end.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Announcements Ticker
#47,987by fonglh14 years ago
Provides a shortcode and custom post type to display announcements using a jQuery news ticker.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mad Cow Banners for WooCommerce
#49,700by jrobie238 days ago
Schedule targeted banners on WooCommerce product, shop, cart and checkout pages, aimed at all products, chosen categories or specific products.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Seedcast Bulletin Library
Up in the last 7 days:15,531#50,137by Seedcast.ai1 month ago
A dated bulletin page for every Sunday: programs, announcements, handouts and sermons, gathered in one place and kept forever.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
NoticePilot
Up in the last 7 days:1,282#52,058by Spider Themes3 months ago
Self-hosted remote campaign hub for plugin and theme authors. Push notices to unlimited sites via a PHP SDK — no SaaS needed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wonderful Notification Popups
Up in the last 7 days:9,134#54,670by wonderfulplugins1 month ago
Configurable notification popups with your own messages, icons and per-language targeting, plus control over how often they appear.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Blocdash
Down in the last 7 days:1,646#56,500by Digitaldive9 months ago
Blocdash provides a modular frontend dashboard with announcements, login/register/profile forms, and optional Google login for block themes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Neutrope Source Updates Hub
Up in the last 7 days:1,870#57,332by Neutrope Inc.9 days ago
Monitor trusted source updates, policy changes, exam news, and curated source links separately from regular blog posts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 23/day
News Communications Hub
Down in the last 7 days:4,754#60,762by Pragmatic Coders1 year ago
Flexible WordPress plugin that allows you to display news notifications and updates on your website
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Top Bar Announcements and News
Up in the last 7 days:10,403#62,773by wisercoding6 years ago
Displays a colored top bar in your website for news, promotions and announcements. Customize text and colors!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fizlog Changelog Widget
Up in the last 7 days:5,426#64,718by lemonyapps1 month ago
Show a "what's new" changelog widget on your site: a bell with your latest product updates, emoji reactions and a feedback tab.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ExtraSpace
Up in the last 7 days:4,799#66,118by michaelgrover10 months ago
Add a small, unobtrusive tab to your site that opens a lightweight, accessible slide-in panel for announcements, promos, CTAs, custom HTML, or shortco …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/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
- 2/day
BriteNotices
#67,196by ZakWDesigns5 months ago
Display modern site-wide notices with targeting, scheduling, countdowns, CTA buttons, and click-to-copy coupons.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Npcink Ad
#71,537by Npcink2 months ago
Create, preview, schedule, and publish site-owned promotions with WordPress blocks and privacy-first delivery.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day