This plugin makes it easy for South African WordPress sites to add the Covid-19 banner as required by the South African government.
As of April 2026, South African Covid-19 Banner is a WordPress covid-19 plugin with 90 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Corona Virus Data.
This plugin makes it easy for South African WordPress sites to add the Covid-19 banner as required by the South African government. This is to make sure that a legitimate source of information is known.
There is a widget that can be used in sidebars and a shortcode that can be used pretty much anywhere else.
If you want a feature added or find a bug, pop an issue here: https://github.com/seagyn/south-african-covid-19-banner/issues
Thank you to zeorin for the original banner snippet.
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 5.4.19 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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