How to add News Announcement Scroll widget into my theme?

Use this code, to add the plugin to your theme file.

by storeapps 4.6 (19 reviews)

News Announcement Scroll

Name: News Announcement Scroll
Rating: 4.6 (19 reviews)
Author: storeapps

News Announcement Scroll is a simple vertical scroll news widget for your WordPress website. Easy to use & no coding knowledge required.

News Announcement Scroll ranks #4,692 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #78 of 1,014 in the Advertising category, a 4.6/5 rating from 19 reviews, and was last updated Nov 2, 2023. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.5 (Current: 7.0.2)

v9.1.0 Current Version v9.1.0

Updated 2 years ago Last Update on 02 Nov, 2023

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#78 of 1,014 in Advertising Top 10% by installs No update in over a year

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Review 4.6 out of 5

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Keyword	Position	Change	Type	Updated
main news page scrolling	25	—	Tag	1 day ago
vertical news scrolling widget	42	—	Tag	1 day ago

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 41 minutes ago

Mar 11, 2024

News Announcement Scroll [news-announcement-scroll] < 9.1.0 (closed)

CVE-2023-5663 · Fixed in v9.1.0
Nov 17, 2022

News Announcement Scroll [news-announcement-scroll] < 9.0.0 (closed)

CVE-2022-40694 · Fixed in v9.0.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 9.1.0
Last Updated: Nov 02, 2023
Requires WP: 3.4+
Tested Up To: 5.5
PHP Version: 5.6.0 or higher
Author: storeapps

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6
Reviews: 19
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to display announcements or updates to their visitors. It solves the need for a customizable, vertically scrolling news widget that can be placed in sidebars, pages, posts, or theme files without coding knowledge.

Vertical scrolling news widget
Shortcode for posts and pages
Widget for sidebar placement
News expiration date option
Redirect link for news items
News grouping and prioritization
Customizable scroll direction
Supports localization

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about News Announcement Scroll

Yes, you can add n number of news, it will display one by one at front end (vertical scrolling).

No, Only vertical scroll is available.

Yes, click Widget settings->find 'Announcement display order' and select 'Random Order' from the dropdown.

Yes, click on Add New/Edit news in that set 'Enter display order' to the order of your choice e.g 1,2,3 e.t.c.

Yes, change the display order status to 'Yes' in the dropdown.

Yes, click Widget setting->find 'Slide direction' and select the direction from the dropdown.

Yes, click 'Widget settings', here you will find the various customization available for the widget.

In the front end widget area, if you see any news content out of area or invisible, it is because of height and width of the widget, so you should re-arrange the width and height of the widget in 'Widget settings' to your needs. The default height and width are 180px and 100px respectively.

You can add the widget using the shortcode. You can find shortcode details below.

Use this code, <?php if (function_exists ('news_announcement')) news_announcement(); ?> to add the plugin to your theme file.