Title: Digital Advisors News Ticker Author: digitaladvisors Published: October 23, 2026 Last modified: October 23, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/digital-advisors-news-ticker/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev= 3761117) ![](https://ps.w.org/digital-advisors-news-ticker/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3761117) # Digital Advisors News Ticker By [digitaladvisors](https://profiles.wordpress.org/digitaladvisors/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/digital-advisors-news-ticker.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/digital-advisors-news-ticker/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/digital-advisors-news-ticker/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/digital-advisors-news-ticker/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/digital-advisors-news-ticker/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/digital-advisors-news-ticker/) ## Description Your posts already hold your news: new services, events, opening hours, offers. Visitors rarely go looking for the blog to find it. News Ticker puts your newest headlines in front of them on every page. Turn on the site-wide bar in **Settings > News Ticker** and it scrolls your latest posts as links, at the top of the page or fixed to the bottom of the screen. Add your own headlines too, each with an optional link. To show a ticker inside a page instead, use the **News Ticker** block or the `[digital_advisors_news_ticker]` shortcode. #### Features * Shows your newest published posts as links, from all categories or one you choose. * Extra headlines, one per line, each with an optional link to a page on your site or an `https://` address. * Site-wide bar at the top of the page or the bottom of the screen. A bottom bar adds space below the page so it never covers your footer. * A block and a shortcode for placing a ticker inside posts, pages and widget areas, with per-placement post count, category, label, dates and speed. * Your own label, speed and colours, plus optional post dates. * Preview on the settings screen. #### Accessible by design * Visitors can pause the ticker with a Pause button. It also pauses while the pointer is over it or a link inside it has keyboard focus. * No motion for visitors whose device asks for reduced motion. They get a still list they can scroll. * Without JavaScript the list is still and scrollable, so every headline stays reachable. * The scrolling copy of the list is hidden from screen readers and skipped by the keyboard, so each headline is announced and focused once. #### Light and private * The stylesheet and script load only on pages that show a ticker. * No external requests, cookies, tracking or visitor data. Headlines come from your own posts and settings. * No ads, upsells or credit links on your site. * Works with block themes and classic themes. Themes that do not support `wp_body_open` still get the bar. News Ticker is made by [Digital Advisors](https://digitaladvisors.com.au/). For help, use the plugin’s support forum or email editor@digitaladvisors.com.au. ## Screenshots [⌊The news ticker bar at the top of a site, scrolling the latest posts.⌉⌊The news ticker bar at the top of a site, scrolling the latest posts.⌉[ The news ticker bar at the top of a site, scrolling the latest posts. [⌊Settings > News Ticker, with content, position, speed and colour options.⌉⌊Settings > News Ticker, with content, position, speed and colour options.⌉[ Settings > News Ticker, with content, position, speed and colour options. [⌊The bar fixed to the bottom of the screen with custom colours.⌉⌊The bar fixed to the bottom of the screen with custom colours.⌉[ The bar fixed to the bottom of the screen with custom colours. [⌊The News Ticker block and its settings in the block editor.⌉⌊The News Ticker block and its settings in the block editor.⌉[ The News Ticker block and its settings in the block editor. ## Blocks This plugin provides 1 block. * News Ticker Scroll your latest posts and extra headlines inside this page. ## Installation 1. In your WordPress admin, go to **Plugins > Add New Plugin**, search for “Digital Advisors News Ticker”, then select **Install Now** and **Activate**. 2. Go to **Settings > News Ticker**. 3. Tick **Show the news ticker bar across the site**, choose your content and style, and select **Save Changes**. 4. Check the preview at the bottom of the settings screen, then view your site. To place a ticker inside a page, add the **News Ticker** block in the block editor, or add `[digital_advisors_news_ticker]` to classic content or a Shortcode widget. ## FAQ ### The bar does not appear on my site. Check that **Show the news ticker bar across the site** is ticked and saved, and that you have at least one published post or extra headline. The settings screen preview shows a message when there is nothing to show. ### Can I show posts from one category only? Yes. Choose a category in **Settings > News Ticker**. The block and shortcode can each use a different category, for example `[digital_advisors_news_ticker category ="news"]`. ### How do I add a headline that is not a post? Add it to **Extra headlines**, one per line. To make it a link, put `|` and the link after the text: ``` Winter sale ends Friday | /shop/sale ``` Links must be a path on your site, starting with `/`, or a full `https://` address. Anything else is shown as plain text. ### What shortcode attributes are there? All are optional and fall back to your settings: * `count` – number of posts, 1 to 10 * `category` – category slug or ID * `label` – label text; use `label=""` for no label * `show_dates` – `yes` or `no` * `speed` – `slow`, `normal` or `fast` * `headlines` – `no` to leave out your extra headlines Example: `[digital_advisors_news_ticker count="3" category="events" speed="slow"]` ### Will the ticker distract visitors or cause motion sickness? Visitors can pause it at any time, and it pauses when they hover over it or focus a link inside it. If their device is set to reduce motion, the ticker does not move at all. ### Does the bottom bar cover my footer? No. The bar adds its own height to the space below your page, so your footer stays visible above it. ### Can I hide the bar on some pages? Yes, with the `digital_advisors_news_ticker_show_bar` filter. For example, to hide it on the front page: ``` add_filter( 'digital_advisors_news_ticker_show_bar', function ( $show ) { return $show && ! is_front_page(); } ); ``` ### Does it slow my site down? The plugin adds one small stylesheet and one small script, and only on pages that show a ticker. It runs a single query for your latest posts and makes no external requests. ### Does it collect any data? No. It sets no cookies, stores nothing about visitors and makes no requests to other servers. ### What happens when I delete the plugin? Deleting it from the Plugins screen removes its settings from your database. Deactivating it keeps them. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Digital Advisors News Ticker” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ digitaladvisors ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/digitaladvisors/) [Translate “Digital Advisors News Ticker” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/digital-advisors-news-ticker) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/digital-advisors-news-ticker/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/digital-advisors-news-ticker/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/digital-advisors-news-ticker/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/digital-advisors-news-ticker/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * First release: site-wide bar, block, shortcode, extra headlines, pause control and reduced-motion support. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **6 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [announcement bar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/announcement-bar/)[headlines](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/headlines/) [latest posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/latest-posts/)[news ticker](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/news-ticker/) [ticker](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ticker/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/digital-advisors-news-ticker/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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