News Announcement Scroll
News Announcement Scroll is a simple vertical scroll news widget for your WordPress website. Easy to use & no coding knowledge required.
4.6(19 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 years agoAs of April 2026, News Announcement Scroll is a WordPress news website plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 19 reviews. It has been downloaded 213K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.4+ and PHP 5.6.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 21% this week. Top alternative: News, Magazine and Blog Elements.
4.6/519 reviews
2.0K+active installs
213K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
Every website requires a widget to display important announcements/upcoming events to their audiences. The news scroller keep your audience updated about the latest and the most important happenings on your website while giving you the option of adding link to the news. Using the News Scroller you can share offer updates, new blog updates, sale announcements, contest announcements, latest happenings etc all in one place so that the visitors can find it easily.
How it works?
- Simply activate the plugin.
- Create or edit your news groups.
- Customize the news items (title, font, color etc).
- Drag and drop the widget into your website’s sidebar/ Use a shortcode to display it on post and pages/ Include it directly within your website’s theme.
Features of this plugin
- Quick and easy installation.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
News Announcement Scroll
by Alwyn·2 years ago
I cannot get to it work.
- This topic was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by Alwyn.
not working
by ELGEEL3·3 years ago
i tried with it but not working with me
News Announcement Scroll
by genelkulturvecografya·5 years ago·1 reply
Bu eklenti şu an çalışmıyor. Önceden çalışıyordu Bir türlü sorun çözülmüyor.
- This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by genelkulturvecografya.
Great Plugin
by scottygoodboy·7 years ago·1 reply
It took me a while to figure out how to configure it, but when I did it works great for what I wanted.
Perfect Plugin and customer support
by rancerspro123·7 years ago
Easy to use and great plugin for website announcements.
Download Trends
Today: 5Yesterday: 3This week: 46Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.4+ requiredTested up to 5.5.18 |
| PHP | 5.6.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v9.1
65.6%
v8.8
23.8%
v9.0
7.1%
Other
3.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
9.1.0 (02-11-2023)
- New: Strengthen security [Thanks to: Wordfence]
- Update: POT file
Contributors
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