This horizontal scrolling announcement wordpress plugin lets scroll the content from one end to another end like reel. This plugin is using JQuery Mar …
As of April 2026, Horizontal scrolling announcements is a WordPress scrolling plugin with 8.0K+ active installations and a 3.2/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 105K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 5.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: MouseWheel Smooth Scroll.
This horizontal scrolling announcement wordpress plugin lets scroll the content from one end to another end like reel. This plugin is using JQuery Marquee script for scrolling. This is the simple way to create scrolling text in your website. Check official website for live demo http://www.gopiplus.com/work/2010/07/18/horizontal-scrolling-announcement/
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You can add your announcement into your wordpress post with the following shortcode.
[hsas-shortcode group="" speed="10" direction="lef…They said it wasn’t tested with the latest WP but it seems to work fine.
It is simple and you can adjust the color and size of your text in your Customize panel.
I love the simplicity of it!
The plugin broke my WordPress site which became very slow (latest version), even after uninstallation.
I had to do a site restoration.
Already indicated by others here and no answer…
Exactly as the title says. I had to remove this from a site we have just taken over after I determined that this was the cause of a slow admin. Avoid at all costs!
Even after deleting the announcement it still displays on the site. Support is also non-existing so all in all just another example of bad coding.
Completely slowed down the entire admin panel on my website – every click to anything took 20+ seconds to open
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8 |
| PHP | 5.0+ required |
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