Fast Alert Bar

A lightweight, fast, and beautifully designed alert bar plugin for WordPress. Display customizable notification banners with live preview, custom styling, and responsive design.

Features

• Live Preview — See changes in real-time as you customize
• WYSIWYG Editor — Rich text with bold, italic, links, and colors
• Custom Colors — Background and text colors with hex input support
• Custom CSS — Add your own styles for complete control
• Dismissible — Close button with customizable icon
• Display Options — Site-wide, homepage only, or specific pages
• Position Control — Before or after header placement
• Responsive — Looks great on all devices
• Padding Control — Individual top/right/bottom/left values
• Post Linking — Link to posts with custom titles and expiry dates
• Modern Admin UI — Clean, intuitive settings interface

Installation

1. Upload the fast-alert-bar folder to /wp-content/plugins/
2. Activate through the WordPress Plugins menu
3. Go to Alert Bar > Design to configure

Usage

Basic Setup

1. Navigate to Alert Bar > Design
2. Enter your message in the WYSIWYG editor
3. Customize colors and styling
4. Choose display options
5. Save changes

Link a Post

1. Edit any post
2. Find the "Alert Bar" meta box
3. Check "Feature in Alert Bar"
4. Set optional custom title and expiry
5. Save the post

Custom CSS

Target these classes for custom styling:

.fab-alert-bar {
    /* Main alert bar container */
}

.fab-alert-bar-content {
    /* Content wrapper */
}

.fab-alert-bar-close {
    /* Close button */
}

Requirements

• WordPress 5.0+
• PHP 7.1+

License

GPL-2.0+ - See LICENSE

Author

Abdullah Sajjad