iThemes: DisplayBuddy BoomBar 1.2.14
BoomBar is a WordPress notification bar plugin that adds a highly customizable top bar to your site for promos, alerts, or login prompts. It delivers clear, timely messages with site-wide or page-specific targeting, built-in styles, Google fonts, and simple CSS tweaks to fit your design—plus easy closable options to respect visitors.
Description
iThemes DisplayBuddy BoomBar is a WordPress notification bar plugin that adds a highly customizable top bar to your site for promos, alerts, or login prompts. It helps you communicate timely messages without cluttering your content, supporting site-wide delivery or page-specific visibility. With options to target different visitor types, you can show the right note to returning visitors, first-time visitors, authenticated users, or everyone.
Built-in styles, Google font support, and a style manager let you match your WordPress theme or Elementor layouts, while custom CSS gives room for advanced tweaks. Visitors can also close the bar based on timeframe rules, keeping the experience clear and respectful.
Main Features
- Custom text, tweets, or login prompts — Add notification content using custom text with link URLs, latest tweets, or a log-in prompt.
- Site-wide or page-level placement — Apply a default BoomBar across your whole site or override it on individual posts and pages.
- Closable options with timeframes — Let visitors close or hide the bar, with rules like until next page load, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, or forever.
- Audience visibility targeting — Choose who sees the bar: everyone, authenticated users, unauthenticated visitors, first-time visitors, or returning visitors.
- Predesigned BoomBar styles — Use 5 built-in styles (Lime Green, Silver, Light, Dark Inset, Dark Flat) or build your own.
- Built-in Style Manager — Customize background color, text color, link color, and border color for a cohesive look.
- Google font support — Select from 12 built-in Google fonts or use defaults aligned with your active theme styling.
- Location and position controls — Position the bar at the top or bottom, and choose fixed or static behavior.
- Start and end dates — Schedule when the notification appears and automatically stop it after your selected period.
- Custom CSS for refinements — Add CSS inside each BoomBar to fine-tune appearance beyond the basic controls.
Benefits
- Clear site messaging — Communicate promos, alerts, or login calls in a consistent area so visitors understand what to do next.
- Better relevance — Audience targeting helps improve UX by showing the most appropriate message to each visitor group.
- Higher engagement — Linkable custom text and tweet updates can drive more interaction with announcements and content.
- Improved UX control — Closable options and timeframes reduce annoyance while keeping information available when needed.
- Design consistency — Built-in styles, Google fonts, and the style manager help match your theme or Elementor design system.
- More targeted conversions — Page-level rules and scheduled start/end dates support timely campaign messaging for offers and notifications.
Who is it suitable for?
- WooCommerce store owners who want notification bars for announcements or seasonal offers
- Bloggers and content sites that publish recurring updates across specific posts and pages
- Agencies building WordPress sites with Elementor and reusable design patterns
- Membership or community websites that need login prompts for registered users
- Landing page creators who want scheduled, temporary notices
- Online education platforms sharing time-based alerts and reminders
