Title: Horizontal scrolling announcements Author: gopiplus Published: January 10, 2018 Last modified: June 19, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/assets/banner-772x250.png? rev=2388858) ![](https://ps.w.org/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/assets/icon-256x256.png? rev=1800467) # Horizontal scrolling announcements By [gopiplus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gopiplus/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/horizontal-scrolling-announcements.2.6.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/) ## Description This horizontal scrolling announcement wordpress plugin lets scroll the content from one end to another end like reel. This plugin is using JQuery Marquee script for scrolling. This is the simple way to create scrolling text in your website. Check official website for live demo [http://www.gopiplus.com/work/2010/07/18/horizontal-scrolling-announcement/](http://www.gopiplus.com/work/2010/07/18/horizontal-scrolling-announcement/) **Live demo** [Live Demo](http://www.gopiplus.com/work/2010/07/18/horizontal-scrolling-announcement/) [Documentation](http://www.gopiplus.com/work/2010/07/18/horizontal-scrolling-announcement/) [Frequently Asked Questions](http://www.gopiplus.com/work/2010/07/18/horizontal-scrolling-announcement/) **Feature** 1. Free plugin. 2. Easy to customize. 3. It supports all major browsers. 4. Configurable scroll speed. 5. Pause the scroll on mouse over. 6. Option to set announcement start date. 7. Option to set expiration date/time for the announcement. **Short code for post** You can add your announcement into your wordpress post with the following shortcode. ``` [hsas-shortcode group="" speed="10" direction="left" gap="50"] [hsas-shortcode group="" speed="2" direction="down" gap="50"] ``` If you want to include this announcement in your custom theme, please look at the do_shortcode option in wordpress. ``` echo do_shortcode( '[hsas-shortcode group="" speed="10" direction="left" gap="50"]' ); ``` ## Screenshots [⌊Front page⌉⌊Front page⌉[ Front page [⌊Admin option (Announcements View)⌉⌊Admin option (Announcements View)⌉[ Admin option (Announcements View) [⌊Admin option (Announcements Add and Edit)⌉⌊Admin option (Announcements Add and Edit)⌉[ Admin option (Announcements Add and Edit) [⌊Widget setting⌉⌊Widget setting⌉[ Widget setting ## Installation Option 1: 1. Go to WordPress Dashboard. Locate Plugins -> Add New 2. Search Horizontal scrolling announcements plugin using search option 3. Find the plugin and click Install Now button 4. After installation, click on Activate Plugin link to activate the plugin. Option 2: 1. Download the plugin horizontal-scrolling-announcements.zip 2. Go to WordPress Dashboard. Locate Plugins -> Add New 3. Click on Upload Plugin link from top 4. Upload the downloaded horizontal-scrolling-announcements.zip file and click on Install Now 5. After installation, click on Activate Plugin link to activate the plugin. ## FAQ ### Q1. How to change scrolling speed? ### Q2. How to change scrolling direction? ### Q3. How to set expiration date for the announcement? ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/05709244fbc348d992d4fb7790af4b6fbf94cba5f24242a6df2d2ff110d9b3cd? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Super!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-2954/)󠁿 [webmistressofthedark](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webmistressofthedark/) May 1, 2024 They said it wasn’t tested with the latest WP but it seems to work fine. It is simple and you can adjust the color and size of your text in your Customize panel. I love the simplicity of it! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dad7bba359e7b564039ae0d2fd4e84fc536583b4203930661946dd2b7e809e58? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[The plugin broke my WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-broke-my-wordpress/)󠁿 [led69](https://profiles.wordpress.org/led69/) September 2, 2023 The plugin broke my Wordpress site which became very slow (latest version), even after uninstallation.I had to do a site restoration. Already indicated by others here and no answer… ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/45938d6dc97095cef3e895ece3f09dac3318f44e05e04abef4427c37337db1b8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Slows down admin – do not use!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slows-down-admin-do-not-use/)󠁿 [jakclark](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jakclark/) June 22, 2023 Exactly as the title says. I had to remove this from a site we have just taken over after I determined that this was the cause of a slow admin. Avoid at all costs! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fdcb46e1c041e00f5e3d7e1105cb7505532baf0ff02260ab0c0df1a20db51a0d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Doesn’t work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-2813/)󠁿 [calfree](https://profiles.wordpress.org/calfree/) March 22, 2022 Even after deleting the announcement it still displays on the site. Support is also non-existing so all in all just another example of bad coding. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1d9eba0038245d2c19b1d7d23aa9756dafe38394467fd337721df7727ab78431? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Slowed Down Admin Panel](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slowed-down-admin-panel/)󠁿 [CindyOTSEO](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cindyotseo/) October 27, 2021 1 reply Completely slowed down the entire admin panel on my website – every click to anything took 20+ seconds to open ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e0079a2a4396783b69a15b2cf02aea9b7589d6acc5ffd7b8b230f57f3d02b09b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-8331/)󠁿 [bscattolini](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bscattolini/) March 25, 2021 works right [ Read all 10 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Horizontal scrolling announcements” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ gopiplus ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gopiplus/) “Horizontal scrolling announcements” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Horizontal scrolling announcements” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/horizontal-scrolling-announcements) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * First version. #### 1.1 * Tested up to 5.0 #### 1.2 * Tested up to 5.1 #### 1.3 * Tested up to 5.2 #### 1.4 * Tested up to 5.3 #### 1.5 * Change in admin design #### 1.6 * Order length is increased. Now we can add 4 digit order. #### 1.7 * Added time option in the admin, now we can select the start and end time along with the start and end date. #### 1.8 * Tested up to 5.4 #### 1.9 * Tested up to 5.5 #### 2.0 * Added new option “Permission” in the admin to provide plugin permission to other admin roles. #### 2.1 * Tested up to 5.7 #### 2.2 * Tested up to 5.8 * Use plugin short code in the widget editor. #### 2.3 * Tested up to 5.9 #### 2.4 * Tested up to 6.0 * Added style option in the announcement admin page. #### 2.5 * Tested up to 6.3 * Vulnerability fix #### 2.6 * Tested up to 7.0 ## Meta * Version **2.6** * Last updated **3 weeks ago** * Active installations **8,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.1** * PHP version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/) and [Turkish](https://tr.wordpress.org/plugins/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/horizontal-scrolling-announcements) * Tags * [announcements](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/announcements/)[scrolling](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/scrolling/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/advanced/) ## Ratings 3.2 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 4 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ gopiplus ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gopiplus/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://www.gopiplus.com/work/2010/07/18/horizontal-scrolling-announcement/)