Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin

76 Quality Score

Active Installs

15/30

At roughly 2,000 active installs it is a niche player, well behind alternatives like Simple Banner at 50,000 or CookieAdmin at 400,000.

Update Freshness

25/25

Last updated February 2026 and tested against WordPress 6.9.4, so maintenance signals are strong and current.

User Rating

14/15

A 92 out of 100 from 20 reviewers is a high score, though the small sample size means it is less conclusive than it looks.

Support Health

8/15

Only 1 support thread exists with a 0.0% resolution rate, which is a meaningful red flag for a plugin you may depend on for live campaigns.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Requires WordPress 5.0 and PHP 7.2, and is tested up to WP 6.9.4, covering the vast majority of installations in 2026.

Scores higher than 50% of indexed plugins

About

Publish a slick announcement banner notice across your website or Woocommerce shop. Extend with icons, countdowns, placement rules and more!

Active Installs 2k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.6/5

Last Updated 2026-09-16 7:31am GMT

Requires WordPress 5.0+

Tested Up To 7.1.1

Requires PHP 7.2+

Security History

8 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 High 7 Medium

Most recent: April 30, 2026

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Freemius <= 2.10.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter Medium

April 30, 2026 Patched in ["3.13.1"] CVE-2024-13362

Bulletin Announcements <= 3.11.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

November 20, 2024 Patched in ["3.12"] CVE-2024-10682

WordPress Announcement & Notification Banner Plugin – Bulletin <= 3.8.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection High

March 28, 2024 Patched in ["3.9.0"] CVE-2024-30478

Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get Medium

July 18, 2023 Patched in ["3.8.0"] CVE-2023-33999

Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin <= 3.7.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Medium

May 11, 2023 Patched in ["3.7.1"] CVE-2023-2067

Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin <= 3.6.0 - Missing Authorization Checks Medium

May 11, 2023 Patched in ["3.7.0"] CVE-2023-2066

Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin <= 3.5.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

August 8, 2022 Patched in ["3.5.3"]

Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks Medium

March 4, 2022 Patched in ["3.1.0"] CVE-2022-4974

What It Does

Bulletin displays a customizable announcement banner across the front end of a WordPress site or WooCommerce shop, with options for icons, countdowns, and placement rules. It is aimed at surfacing time-sensitive messages like sales, maintenance windows, or stock updates without editing theme files.

Who It's For

It fits small to mid-sized WooCommerce shops and content sites that need to push short-lived promotional or operational notices to every visitor. Site owners running seasonal sales, product launches, or maintenance windows will get the most value from the countdown and placement features.

Who Should Skip It

If you only need a one-off static notice or already use a page builder with banner blocks, this plugin is overkill. Sites running serious multi-channel notification workflows should look at a more capable system such as WP Telegram.

The Bottom Line

Bulletin is a focused, well-maintained banner plugin that delivers exactly what its description promises, and its 76.08 overall score reflects solid upkeep tempered by a tiny user base and an unresolved support thread. For a WooCommerce shop that needs quick promotional banners it is worth a trial, but if support responsiveness matters to you, validate that risk before relying on it for revenue-critical campaigns.

Related Plugins

Simple Banner 83/100

Pick this when you want a lighter, more widely used banner plugin with a larger install base and more third-party trust.

WP Telegram 83/100

Choose this if your announcements need to extend beyond the site into Telegram channels or bots for push-style notifications.

Hide admin notices – Admin Notification Center 80/100

This is the right pick if your goal is taming the WordPress dashboard rather than displaying a front-end banner.

Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance 80/100

Go with this if countdown timers and coming-soon or maintenance mode pages matter more than general announcements.

CookieAdmin – Cookie Consent Banner 85/100

Pick this if you actually need GDPR or cookie consent compliance rather than a general marketing banner.