Title: Notifications
Author: Chris Reynolds
Published: February 4, 2013
Last modified: June 4, 2014
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# Notifications
By [Chris Reynolds](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jazzs3quence/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/notifications.1.1.3.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/notifications/#description)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/notifications/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/notifications/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/notifications/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/notifications/)
## Description
How many times have you needed to display a notice across your site? Too many, if
you ask me. I wrote this plugin because many of the notification bar plugins out
there leave much to be desired. Either there are too many options or not enough
or not the ones that I want. Plus, it’s not easy to create a notice — you have to
go to some crazy screen and set options unique to that plugin.
This plugin uses custom post types, so notifications are set up like mini-posts
that we all know and love. Multiple controls, as well as a built-in filter, enable
developers and casual users alike to easily customize the notification bar to your
heart’s content.
**Update:** This plugin now supports the [Theme Hook Alliance](https://github.com/zamoose/themehookalliance)`
tha_body_top` action. If you are using the `body_open` action in your child theme,
please change this to `tha_body_top`, e.g.
```
do_action( 'tha_body_top' );
```
#### Usage
Notifications looks for the `body_open` hook. This hook was first [proposed on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12563#comment:10)
by [Andrew Nacin](https://twitter.com/nacin) as a way to hook into an action that
fires immediately after the `` tag in the code.
Want to filter the output to customize how the notification gets displayed? Use
the `notf_notification_filter` filter in your plugin or theme, like this:
```
function my_test_filter( $output ) {
$output = ''.notf_message().'';
return $output;
}
add_filter( 'notf_notification_filter', 'my_test_filter' );
```
**Important:** Use the `notf_message` function in your filter to return the actual
notification.
## Screenshots
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* Default style
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* Something cool
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* Metallic
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* Any color, as long as it’s gray
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* A real hot one
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* Getting warmer
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* Lemon
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* Orange
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* Plain Jane
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* Press’d!
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* Another admin bar
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* Tax Return
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* Bright idea
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* Alert!
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* Something bad
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* You should know…
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* Success!!
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* No styles
## Installation
1. Upload the plugin via FTP or the plugin uploader to your `/wp-content/plugins/`
directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. If your theme does not natively support the `tha_body_top` hook, open your `header.
php` and add the following immediately after the `` tag:
## Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
## Contributors & Developers
“Notifications” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Chris Reynolds ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jazzs3quence/)
[Translate “Notifications” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/notifications)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/notifications/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/notifications/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/notifications/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/notifications/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 1.1.3
* Checks for messages before trying to output them (thanks Daron Spence!)
#### 1.1.2
* Updates support for [Theme Hook Alliance](https://github.com/zamoose/themehookalliance)
action hook instead of arbitrary, theme-specific hooks.
#### 1.1.1
* fixes validation _doing_it_wrong()
#### 1.1
* added sticky option, to stick the notification to the top of the page, rather
than scrolling with the page.
#### 1.0.1
* removes menu order (can conflict with other post types with same menu order)
#### 1.0
* first public release
## Meta
* Version **1.1.3**
* Last updated **12 years ago**
* Active installations **30+**
* WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
* Tested up to **3.9.40**
* [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/notifications/advanced/)
## Ratings
5 out of 5 stars.
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## Contributors
* [ Chris Reynolds ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jazzs3quence/)
## Support
Got something to say? Need help?
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/notifications/)
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