NoticePulse — Notification Bar, Announcement Bar & Cookie Notice

Announcement: Free Shipping, Black Friday, Summer Sale, New Arrival, Flash Sale GDPR: GDPR Minimal, GDPR Friendly Countdown: Sale Ends Soon, Limited Offer Email Capture: Newsletter Signup, Lead Magnet Coupon: 20% Off, Welcome 10% Click-to-Call: Call Us Now Text Carousel: Promo Carousel, Feature Highlights, Announcements

⚙️ Complete Feature List

Display & Position * Sticky top header bar — stays fixed as visitors scroll * Sticky bottom footer bar — ideal for cookie notices and CTAs * Static mode — bar scrolls with the page content * Slide-in, fade, bounce, and pulse entrance animations * Show or hide independently on desktop, tablet, and mobile

Design & Customization * Full hex color picker for background, message text, button background, button text, and close button * Gradient backgrounds — linear and radial, with angle control and live preview * Google Fonts integration — choose any font from the Google Fonts library * Button shape: Sharp, Rounded, or Pill * Font size: Small, Medium, or Large * Bar height: Compact, Normal, or Tall * Text alignment: Left, Center, or Right

Content * Message supports <strong> , <em> , <a> , <br> , <span> and emoji * Optional CTA button with label, URL, and new-tab toggle * Close/dismiss button with configurable cookie duration (0–3,650 days)

Targeting & Scheduling * Show on all pages or restrict to specific page/post IDs * Target all visitors, logged-in users only, or logged-out visitors only * Start and end date/time scheduling — bars appear and disappear automatically

Trigger Options * On page load (default) * After visitor scrolls a configurable percentage * After a time delay in seconds * Exit intent — fires when the cursor moves toward the browser chrome

Analytics * Impression counter per bar * CTA click counter per bar * Click-through rate (CTR) calculated automatically * Full analytics dashboard with Chart.js line graph * Filter by date range: 7, 30, 90 days, or all time * Filter by individual bar * Per-bar performance table with colour-coded CTR badges * Export analytics as CSV * Export captured email leads as CSV * Reset analytics per bar individually

A/B Testing * Split traffic between two bar variants * Track impressions and clicks per variant independently * Identify the winning variant from the analytics dashboard

Geo-Targeting * Restrict bars to visitors from specific countries * Country detected from visitor IP address via ipapi.co (see External Services below) * Results cached server-side — no repeat API calls for the same IP within one hour

Admin & Tools * Dark-themed, distraction-free admin interface * WYSIWYG live preview dock — renders the real bar with a desktop/mobile toggle, updating in real time as you design * Per-element show/hide controls — toggle the icon, message, CTA, and decline button per bar * No-reload editing — bars save over AJAX with no page refresh * Template library with 25 pre-built designs and instant one-click apply * Export all bars as a JSON backup * Import bars from a JSON file — existing bars are always preserved * Danger Zone — delete all data with a single confirmed click * Plugin info card — version, WordPress version, PHP version, total bars, database status

Performance * Vanilla JavaScript on the frontend — no jQuery dependency * Assets enqueued only on pages where active bars exist * No meta boxes, no custom post types, no admin bloat

Developer Hooks * noticepulse_active_bars — filter which bars are eligible per page and visitor * noticepulse_bar_data_attributes — add custom HTML data attributes to any bar * noticepulse_bar_inline_styles — extend or override bar inline CSS properties * noticepulse_save_bar_data — hook into the bar save process for custom fields

🛡️ Privacy & Security

• Visitor dismissal state stored in a browser cookie on the visitor’s own device only
• Email leads stored in your own WordPress database — never transmitted without your configuration
• All database queries use $wpdb->prepare() with correct placeholders
• All inputs sanitized on save and escaped on output per WordPress coding standards
• Nonce verification on all form submissions and AJAX requests
• Capability checks ( manage_options ) on all admin actions

🌐 Who Uses NoticePulse?

• eCommerce stores — free shipping announcements, flash sale countdowns, coupon codes
• Agencies — GDPR cookie consent bars for client sites
• SaaS companies — product launch announcements, feature update banners
• Bloggers & media — newsletter signups, breaking news carousels
• Restaurants & local businesses — click-to-call bars for mobile visitors
• Event organizers — ticket sale countdowns, registration deadline timers
• Email marketers — inline capture bars synced to Mailchimp, Klaviyo, and more

External Services

NoticePulse optionally connects to external services for specific features. Each connection is documented below. No data is transmitted until you explicitly configure and activate the relevant feature.

ipapi.co — Geo-Targeting Country Detection

Used when a bar has Geo-Targeting enabled. The visitor’s IP address is sent to ipapi.co to determine their two-letter country code (e.g. “US”, “DE”). The result is cached server-side for one hour — no repeat API calls are made for the same IP within that window. If no active bar has geo-targeting enabled, no request is ever made.

Data sent: visitor IP address. Sent when: a page loads containing an active bar with geo-targeting configured. Service URL: https://ipapi.co Terms of Service: https://ipapi.co/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://ipapi.co/privacy/

Google Fonts — Custom Typography

Used when a bar is configured with a Google Font. The visitor’s browser requests the font stylesheet directly from Google’s servers. No request is made if no active bar uses a custom font.

Data sent: the font family name as a URL parameter in the request to fonts.googleapis.com. No personal data is transmitted — this is a standard browser font request. Sent when: a page loads containing an active bar with a Google Font selected. Service URL: https://fonts.google.com Terms of Service: https://developers.google.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Email Integrations (Email Capture Bar)

The following services are used only when you have configured an email integration in the Email Capture bar settings, and a visitor submits the email capture form. If you choose “Store locally only”, no external request is ever made.

Mailchimp — adds subscriber to your Mailchimp audience. Data sent: email address. Terms of Service: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.intuit.com/privacy/statement/

Klaviyo — adds subscriber to your Klaviyo list. Data sent: email address. Terms of Service: https://www.klaviyo.com/legal/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.klaviyo.com/legal/privacy

Kit (formerly ConvertKit) — adds subscriber to your Kit form. Data sent: email address, first name (if provided). Terms of Service: https://kit.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://kit.com/privacy

MailerLite — adds subscriber to your MailerLite group. Data sent: email address. Terms of Service: https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-