Notification Bar & Announcement Bar – TopBuddy

Use a promo bar for sales and site updates

Help shoppers find an offer with a promo bar that links to your sale page. A free shipping bar can display your shipping offer as a text message, while a website banner can announce a product launch or a change in opening hours.

For service businesses, link to appointments or event registration. For blogs and membership sites, point visitors to a new article or a signup page. Each bar uses your own content and destination URL.

Free notification bars and TopBuddy Pro

The free WordPress announcement bar builder includes the template library, styling controls and page targeting. You can create and manage multiple designs in the dashboard, with one notification bar active at a time.

TopBuddy Pro adds more options for promotional campaigns. Share a discount code with a coupon bar that visitors can copy, or show an offer deadline in a countdown bar. Countdown timers support a fixed date or a repeating interval, with editable time labels and an optional completion message. Rotating text lets several messages share the same space.

Run a scheduled announcement bar during a date range or on selected days of the week. Pro also supports a delay before the bar appears and multiple active bars. Add background images or gradients, and use attention effects on buttons.

For content from other tools, Pro includes Elementor template, HTML and shortcode components. Additional display rules can check a referrer URL, query parameters, page views, time on site or a cookie value. Role-based plugin access lets you choose which WordPress roles can manage TopBuddy.

Full TopBuddy feature list

Free features:

• Visual builder – Arrange your notification bar components by dragging them into order.
• Live preview – Check text and styling changes before publishing your message.
• Notification bar templates – Start with announcement, sale and seasonal designs from the library.
• Top bar and bottom bar – Place your announcement above or below the page content.
• Sticky bar – Keep a message and its link visible as visitors scroll.
• Title and message components – Write your own content and include emoji where appropriate.
• Call-to-action buttons – Send visitors to any URL using button or text-link styles.
• Icon component – Choose an icon and set its size, color and optional link.
• Image component – Add an image from your media library and adjust its size.
• Color controls – Match the background and component colors to your site.
• Spacing and alignment – Adjust padding, content width and alignment to suit the layout.
• Font sizes – Select text sizes for your title, message and button.
• Page targeting – Choose specific pages, posts, post types or taxonomy archives.
• User targeting – Choose login status and roles for the audience you want to reach.
• Device visibility – Choose mobile or desktop visibility with an adjustable screen breakpoint.
• Dismissal controls – Enable a close button and decide when the bar should reappear.

Pro features, available separately with TopBuddy Pro:

• Coupon codes (Pro) – Let visitors copy a promotional code from your coupon bar.
• Countdown timers (Pro) – Display fixed-date or repeating timers with editable labels and completion text.
• Rotating messages (Pro) – Share several text messages within one announcement bar.
• Scheduling (Pro) – Show a campaign during a date range or selected weekdays.
• Multiple active bars (Pro) – Activate more than one notification bar for your campaigns.
• Background styling (Pro) – Add a background image or gradient to your design.
• Elementor templates (Pro) – Display a saved Elementor template inside your notification bar.
• HTML and shortcodes (Pro) – Include custom HTML or content supplied by a shortcode.
• Display delay and button effects (Pro) – Delay the bar’s appearance or add an attention effect to buttons.
• Additional targeting and plugin access (Pro) – Use visitor rules and choose which roles can manage TopBuddy.

About TopBuddy

The product name is TopBuddy, written as one word. If you arrived here searching for Top Buddy, this is the same notification bar builder.

Visit the TopBuddy website for the Free and Pro comparison. For help, use the WordPress.org support forum .

Comparing notification bar tools

If you are comparing Hello Bar, OptinMonster, Wisepops or WPFront Notification Bar, check the features your campaign needs. TopBuddy focuses on notification bars created and managed in your WordPress dashboard. Its free version includes a visual builder with page and user targeting; Pro adds the campaign features described above.