Colvor Announcement Bar

Description

Colvor Announcement Bar adds a lightweight announcement bar above your content. It safely renders a cloud-managed message, caches the last valid configuration locally, and keeps the front end working if the remote service is temporarily unavailable.

Connect the plugin with one click to manage the announcement from the Colvor dashboard. The first connection creates a Free guest workspace automatically; no Colvor account, email, password, or verification code is required. Free sites receive a seamless scrolling marquee, can edit the announcement text, and can control whether it is shown. Pro adds custom links, all-site or selected-page display scope, background and text colors, scroll speed, an optional separator, and link underline control. Set the scroll speed to zero to show one announcement without looping.

If the site credential is revoked in Colvor, the connector marks the site as disconnected, stops configuration sync, and keeps the last valid local configuration until the site is connected again.

The announcement can be hidden from the WordPress settings page at any time. This local display setting does not change the configuration stored in Colvor.

Setup

1. Install and activate this plugin.
2. Open Settings > Colvor Announcement Bar.
3. Click Connect to Colvor. The dashboard opens automatically in Free mode.
4. Change the announcement in the Colvor Dashboard. An open WordPress page checks for the latest configuration automatically.

The plugin stores the long-lived site credential in WordPress. Later, Open Colvor requests a short-lived, one-time dashboard handoff and returns to the same workspace, even if browser cookies have been cleared.

Registration or login is requested only for Upgrade to Pro, payment, or account-level features. Claiming the guest account keeps the existing Workspace, Site, plugin binding, and settings in place.

Connection credentials are provisioned and stored automatically and are never rendered into the public page.

Subscription access and capabilities are calculated by Colvor’s server; the connector only consumes the returned effective configuration and plan capability.

External services

This plugin connects to Colvor at https://colvor.com.

When you click the connection button, the plugin sends the site URL, installation identity, and plugin version to create a short-lived browser connection request. Colvor creates the Free guest identity and workspace automatically, and the plugin stores the site credential in WordPress for a twice-daily health check and authenticated configuration synchronization. When opening the dashboard, the plugin exchanges that credential for a short-lived, one-time browser handoff; the long-lived credential is never placed in a URL or exposed to the browser. An open page also performs a lightweight same-origin check at most once per minute, with an immediate first check. Configuration responses can include the current plan, feature capabilities, and announcement settings.

The plugin does not send visitor activity, page content, WooCommerce orders, or payment details to Colvor. The public refresh response contains only the announcement already displayed on the page. You can disconnect the site from the Colvor dashboard. Deactivating the plugin stops scheduled health checks, and uninstalling it removes the locally stored connection data.

For details, see the Colvor Privacy Policy.