Create announcement bars and popup campaigns

HashBar Pro is a WordPress add-on for publishing announcement bars, notification bars, and popup campaigns. Use them to share promotions, product launches, shipping information, coupon messages, updates, or other calls to action. Design controls, display conditions, scheduling, live preview, analytics, and testing utilities are available in one interface, with options for bars and popups across devices.

How can you use announcement bars?

Create unlimited bars with messages of up to 500 characters. Add multiple messages and rotate them automatically every five to 60 seconds. Each bar can have a customizable call-to-action button with its own text, URL, and target. When enabled, the default button text can be filled as "Shop Now."

Place a bar at the top or bottom of the website and keep it visible as users scroll. Set its stacking order with z-index controls and add a close button. Pro users can also add a reopen button so visitors can display a dismissed bar again.

Choose a template and adjust its styling

The 18 announcement bar templates cover styles such as classic, sale alert, free shipping, information, countdown sale, coupon display, minimal elegant, holiday special, and limited stock. Pro templates include trust builder, new launch, premium gold, summer vibes, social media, bundle deal, VIP exclusive, and early bird. Specialized Pro popup templates include Flash Sale, Cyber Monday, and Split E-commerce.

Set solid colors, gradients, background images, or custom CSS. Pro gradients use two colors and offer four directions. For picture backgrounds, choose cover, contain, or auto display. Typography controls include font family, weight, size, and text alignment. Adjust bar height from 40px to 200px and configure its spacing.

When should a popup or bar appear?

Create eight popup campaign types, including lead capture, announcements, promotions, and exit-intent campaigns. Triggers include exit intent, scroll depth, and time delay. Display conditions can target pages, devices, countries, and visitor behavior.

Use fixed, recurring, or evergreen countdown timers with bar and popup campaigns to show deadlines and time-sensitive messages.

How can you collect leads and compare campaigns?

Build lead capture forms with 11 field types. HashBar includes free Mailchimp integration for connecting form activity with that service. Use live preview to review changes before publishing.

A/B testing lets you compare multiple campaign variations. Analytics track impressions, clicks, conversions, and click-through rate so you can review campaign performance.

Set dismissal and cookie behavior

Choose whether a bar appears after every page reload or only during the current browser session. Cookie duration options are one hour, six hours, one day, seven days, two weeks, one month, or a persistent dismissal. You can also configure the close button's text and position and adjust the bar's stacking order.

Install and publish

Install HashBar Pro in WordPress and activate it. Create an announcement bar or popup campaign, choose a template or design settings, configure the message, display conditions, triggers, and timing, then review it with live preview before publishing.