Best promotion bar plugins for WordPress
The most popular promotion bar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Freetop leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Header Promo (400+) and Free Shipping Bar for WooCommerce (200+). All 8 plugins tagged “promotion bar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 promotion bar plugins
- 1.
FreetopThe most installed promotion bar plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 40 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.Header Promo
400+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.Free Shipping Bar for WooCommerce
200+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 20 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
Header Bar100+ active installs. Rated 2.8 from 14 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 5.
Ajax Free Shipping Bar for WooCommerce10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 6.Lightweight High Performance Sticky Bar
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.floating bar
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 8.
Barilo LightFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 8 plugins tagged “promotion bar”

Freetop
Down in the last 7 days:4#4,735by VillaTheme1 month ago
Motivate customers to reach the free shipping threshold with a visual free shipping bar, dynamic messages and progress tracker.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(40)
- Downloads
- 28/day
Header Promo
Up in the last 7 days:18#9,345by bPlugins2 months ago
Display a promo bar with message, countdown timer, and button in your site header or footer – ideal for Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Free Shipping Bar for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:40#11,148by PI Web Solution20 days ago
Free shipping bar will show a notification bar/popup on your website with a free shipping progress bar that will inform users how much they should buy …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.8(20)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Header Bar
Down in the last 7 days:181#14,447by Zotabox1 year ago
Header Bar to promote special offers, ebook download, free gifts. Responsive and fully customizable hello bar. 20+ onsite marketing tools included
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.8(14)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ajax Free Shipping Bar for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:5,401#48,377by MucaSoft5 years ago
Ajax Free Shipping Bar for WooCommerce / Announcement Bar is a free WordPress plugin that gives you ability to add a free shipping bar / announcement …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lightweight High Performance Sticky Bar
Up in the last 7 days:7,293#50,593by alexgodlewski1 year ago
Add a customizable sticky notification bar with countdown functionality to your website with minimal performance impact.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
floating bar
#68,662by lucky2103 years ago
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- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Barilo Light
#71,660by Radislav10 months ago
A free plugin to display a customizable top bar message on your WordPress site. Great for announcements, greetings, notifications or promotions.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day