The Scheduled Announcements Widget lets you add a scrolling list of site announcements to any widgetized area of your site.
As of April 2026, Scheduled Announcements Widget is a WordPress alerts plugin with 100 active installations and a 3.8/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 16K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.2.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Advanced Notifications.
The Scheduled Announcements Widget lets you add a scrolling list of site announcements, independent of normal posts and pages, to any widgetized
area of your site, or to your theme files. Perfect for publicizing an event, alert, or notice that doesn’t require a full-page write-up. Announcements
can be scheduled to run indefinitely or during a specific date range, and admins can chose between horizontal or vertical scrolling.
This plugin makes use of the JSColor library. The JSColor project is maintained by Jan Odv�rko and released under the GNU Lesser General Public
License. See http://jscolor.com for more information.
| WordPress | 3.2.1+ requiredTested up to 6.1.10 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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