HashBar – Announcement, Notification Bar & Popup Campaign vs Hustle –

🔔 The Most Powerful WordPress Announcement Bar, Notification Bar & Popup Campaign Plugin HashBar is a powerful all-in-one WordPress plugin for Announcement Bars, Notification Bars, and Popup Campaigns that will take your WordPress site to the next level. Create unlimited Announcement Bars with countdown timers and coupons, embed Notification Bars with page builders, and build high-converting Popup Campaigns with smart triggers and lead capture forms. Advanced customization options, professional design controls, intelligent targeting, and advanced scheduling maximize your engagement and conversions. Sometimes notification bars and popups can increase up to 500% of subscribers or conversions! 👉 Plugin Landing Page | Purchase Pro | Documentation | Support 👈 🎯 Key Highlights 🎨 18 Announcement Bar Templates – Get started in seconds with beautiful pre-designed templates 🎪 8 Popup Campaign Types – Lead capture, announcements, promotions, exit intent, and more 🖌️ Advanced Design Options – Solid colors, gradients, background images, and custom CSS 📊 A/B Testing – Test multiple variations to find the winning design 🎬 15 Smooth Animations – Multiple entry and exit animation options 📈 Comprehensive Analytics – Track impressions, clicks, conversions, and CTR 🎯 Smart Targeting – Display based on pages, devices, countries, and user behavior ⏱️ Countdown Timers – Fixed, recurring, or evergreen timers for urgency 📝 Lead Capture Forms – 11 field types with FREE Mailchimp integration ⚡ 8 Smart Triggers – Exit intent, scroll depth, time delay, and more 👁️ Live Preview – See changes in real-time before publishing HashBar is an easy-to-install plugin for WordPress, allowing you to easily create notification bars and popup campaigns that work perfectly on all devices. With options for custom backgrounds, beautiful gradients, professional CSS styling, stunning animations, and smart triggers, there’s no way your notifications and popups won’t be noticed! 🎨 Announcement Bar Features 📚 18 Pre-built Templates Get started quickly with professionally designed templates. 🆓 Free Templates: ✅ Classic – Simple and clean notification banner ✅ Sale Alert – Eye-catching design for flash sales ✅ Free Shipping – Green theme for shipping promotions ✅ Info Banner – Blue style for updates and news ✅ Countdown Sale – Includes countdown timer ✅ Coupon Display – Showcases discount codes ✅ Minimal Elegant – Clean design for premium brands ✅ Holiday Special – Festive seasonal design ✅ Limited Stock – Red urgency design ⭐ Pro Templates: ⭐ Trust Builder – Gradient with trust signals ⭐ New Launch – Product launch style ⭐ Premium Gold – Luxury gradient design ⭐ Summer Vibes – Warm seasonal design ⭐ Social Media – Purple gradient for social ⭐ Bundle Deal – Green gradient for bundles ⭐ VIP Exclusive – Members-only style ⭐ Early Bird – Pre-order style ⭐ Premium Popup Templates – Access to specialized templates like Flash Sale, Cyber Monday, and Split E-commerce. ⭐ Priority Support – Dedicated support for Pro users. 📝 Content & Messaging ✅ Message Text – Up to 500 characters per message ✅ Multiple Messages – Add unlimited rotating messages ✅ Message Rotation – Auto-cycle between messages (5-60 seconds) ✅ CTA Button – Customizable text, URL, and target ✅ Default Button Text – Auto-fills “Shop Now” when enabled 📍 Position & Display ✅ Top of Page – Display at website top ✅ Bottom of Page – Display at website bottom ✅ Sticky Mode – Stays visible while scrolling ✅ Z-Index Control – Set stacking order (1-999999) ✅ Close Button – Customizable text and position (left/right) ⭐ Reopen Button (Pro) – Allow reopening closed bars 🍪 Cookie Duration Options ✅ Show on each page reload ✅ Session only (until browser closes) ✅ 1 Hour / 6 Hours / 1 Day / 7 Days / 2 Weeks / 1 Month ✅ Never (persistent dismissal) 🎨 Design & Styling Background Options: ✅ Solid Color (Free) ⭐ Gradient (Pro) – Two-color with 4 directions ⭐ Image (Pro) – Upload with Cover/Contain/Auto Typography: ✅ Font Family: System UI, Arial, Georgia, Courier New, Trebuchet MS, Times New Roman ✅ Font Weight: Light (300) to Bold (700) ✅ Font Size: 12px to 32px ✅ Text Alignment: Left, Center, Right Spacing: ✅ Bar Height: 40px to 200px ✅ Padding: Individual control for all sides Button Styling: ✅ CTA Button: Colors, hover effects, font size, border radius ✅ Close Button: Colors, hover effects, font size, border radius Custom CSS (Pro): ⭐ CSS Editor with syntax highlighting ⭐ Selectors: .hashbar-announcement-bar, .hashbar-announcement-cta, .hashbar-coupon-display, .hashbar-announcement-close 🎪 Popup Campaign Features 📋 8 Campaign Types 🆓 Free: ✅ Lead Capture – Collect emails and build your list ✅ Announcement – Share important news and updates ✅ Promotion – Highlight special offers and deals ✅ Exit Intent – Catch leaving visitors with offers ✅ Welcome – Greet new visitors ⭐ Pro: ⭐ Survey – Collect feedback and opinions ⭐ Age Verification – Verify visitor age before entry ⭐ Cookie Consent – GDPR-compliant cookie notices 📍 7 Popup Positions 🆓 Free: ✅ Center Modal – Classic centered popup ✅ Bottom Right – Corner slide-in popup ✅ Bottom Left – Alternative corner position ✅ Floating Box – Floating element that stays in view ⭐ Pro: ⭐ Fullscreen – Covers entire viewport ⭐ Side Panel Left – Slides in from left edge ⭐ Side Panel Right – Slides in from right edge ⚡ 8 Smart Triggers 🆓 Free: ✅ Immediate – Show as soon as page loads ✅ Time Delay – Show after X seconds on page ✅ Exit Intent – Show when mouse moves to leave ⭐ Pro: ⭐ Scroll Depth – Show after scrolling X% of page ⭐ Element Click – Show when specific element is clicked ⭐ User Inactivity – Show after X seconds of no activity ⭐ Element Visible – Show when element enters viewport ⭐ Page Views – Show after X page views 📝 Form Builder (11 Field Types) 🆓 Free: ✅ Email – Email address with validation ✅ Name – Single name field ✅ Checkbox – Single checkbox for consent ⭐ Pro: ⭐ Text – Single-line text input ⭐ Textarea – Multi-line text area ⭐ Phone – Phone number input ⭐ Dropdown – Select with options ⭐ Radio Buttons – Multiple choice options ⭐ Date Picker – Date selection field ⭐ Hidden Field – Invisible data field ⭐ GDPR Consent – Privacy consent checkbox Form Features: ✅ Drag & drop field ordering ✅ Custom labels and placeholders ✅ Required field validation ✅ Success message customization ✅ Redirect URL after submission ✅ Custom submit button text 📦 Content Types 🆓 Free: ✅ Custom Content – Rich text editor with heading, text, image, button ✅ HT Contact Form – HashThemes form integration ⭐ Pro: ⭐ Custom HTML – Write your own HTML code ⭐ Contact Form 7 – Embed CF7 forms ⭐ WPForms – Embed WPForms ⭐ Ninja Forms – Embed Ninja Forms ⭐ Gravity Forms – Embed Gravity Forms ⭐ Fluent Forms – Embed Fluent Forms ⭐ Shortcode – Any shortcode-based content 🖼️ Image Position Options ✅ Free: Top, Bottom ⭐ Pro: Left, Right, Background 🔄 Frequency Control 🆓 Free: ✅ Every Page Load ✅ Once Per Session ✅ Once Per Day ⭐ Pro: ⭐ Once Every X Days ⭐ Once Ever ⭐ X Times Total 🔗 Mailchimp Integration (Free) ✅ Connect with API key ✅ Select audience/list ✅ Enable/disable double opt-in ✅ Auto-tag subscribers for segmentation 🔧 Shared Features (Both Announcement Bar & Popup) ⏰ Countdown Timer Create urgency with powerful countdown timers in both Announcement Bars and Popup Campaigns. Timer Types: ✅ Fixed Date (Free) – Countdown to specific date/time ⭐ Evergreen (Pro) – Personal timer per visitor ⭐ Recurring (Pro) – Resets at set times/days Timer Styles: ✅ Simple/Inline (Free) ✅ Boxes (Free) ✅ Digital (Free) ⭐ Circular (Pro) Timer Options: ✅ Show/Hide: Days, hours, minutes, seconds ✅ Custom text before and after timer ✅ Site or visitor timezone ✅ Full color customization 🎟️ Coupon Display Distribute discount codes with one-click copy functionality. Styles: ✅ Simple (Free) – Clean text with border ✅ Dashed (Free) – Dashed border style ⭐ Ticket (Pro) – Voucher/ticket design ⭐ Gradient (Pro) – Modern gradient background Features: ✅ One-click copy to clipboard ✅ Custom label and description ✅ Custom “Copy” and “Copied!” text ✅ Full color customization ✅ Auto-apply to WooCommerce cart (Announcement Bar) 🎯 Targeting Options Show your bars and popups to the right audience. 📄 Page Targeting: ✅ All Pages ✅ Homepage Only ✅ Specific Pages/Posts ✅ All Except Excluded 📱 Device Targeting: ✅ Desktop ✅ Tablet ✅ Mobile 🌍 Geographic Targeting: ✅ All Countries (Free) ⭐ Specific Country Selection (Pro) 👤 User Targeting: ✅ All Users ✅ Logged-in Users Only ✅ Guest Visitors Only 📅 Scheduling Automate your campaigns with advanced scheduling. ✅ Start date and time ✅ End date and time ✅ Site or visitor timezone ⭐ Recurring days – Monday through Sunday (Pro) ⭐ Time targeting – Start and end time daily (Pro) ✨ Animations Professional entry and exit animations for attention-grabbing displays. Entry Animations: ✅ Fade In (Free) ✅ Slide Down/Up (Free) ⭐ Slide Left/Right (Pro) ⭐ Zoom In (Pro) ⭐ Bounce In (Pro) ⭐ Flip In (Pro) Exit Animations: ✅ Fade Out (Free) ✅ Slide Out Up/Down (Free) ⭐ Slide Out Left/Right (Pro) ⭐ Zoom Out (Pro) ⭐ Bounce Out (Pro) Duration: 100ms to 2000ms customizable 📊 Analytics Dashboard (FREE!) Track performance with comprehensive built-in analytics. ✅ Total views, clicks, and conversions ✅ Click-through rate (CTR) ✅ Conversion rate ✅ Device breakdown (Desktop, Mobile, Tablet) ✅ Geographic insights by country ✅ Page performance by URL ✅ Timeline: Daily, weekly, monthly views ✅ CSV export for detailed analysis 🔬 A/B Testing (Pro) Find the winning design with automatic split testing. ⭐ Create unlimited test variants ⭐ Automatic traffic splitting ⭐ Track impressions, clicks, conversions per variant ⭐ Statistical confidence levels (Low/Medium/High) ⭐ Automatic winner detection ⭐ Per-variant analytics 📢 Notification Bar Features The classic Notification Bar with page builder integration for embedding notifications directly into your content. 🔌 Page Builder Compatibility ✅ Gutenberg – 4 native blocks included ✅ Elementor – Full support ✅ WPBakery – Full support ✅ King Composer – Full support ✅ Classic Editor – Shortcode generator included 📦 Gutenberg Blocks ✅ Promo Banner Block – Create promotional banners ✅ Promo Banner Image Block – Image-based promo banners ✅ Countdown Block – Add countdown timers ✅ Notification Block – Display notifications 📍 Position Options ✅ Top Position ✅ Bottom Position ✅ Left Wall ✅ Right Wall ✅ Promo Banner Top ✅ Promo Banner Bottom 🎛️ Display Controls ✅ Show/Hide on Desktop ✅ Show/Hide on Mobile ✅ Custom mobile breakpoint ✅ Load as minimized option ✅ Show/Hide based on scroll position ✅ Close button with custom text ✅ Open button with custom text ✅ Keep closed after manual close Note: Announcement Bar and Popup Campaign have their own dedicated admin panel with live preview – no page builder required! 🌐 WPML Compatibility HashBar offers seamless integration with WPML, the leading multilingual translation plugin. Translate and localize your notification bars and popup campaigns for a global audience. 📊 Use Cases 🔔 Announcement Bars: 🔥 Flash sales and limited-time offers 📧 Newsletter and email signups 🆕 New product announcements 🎟️ Coupon code distribution 🚚 Free shipping threshold notices 🎄 Holiday hours and closures 📱 Social media follower campaigns 🎪 Popup Campaigns: 📥 Lead capture and email list building 🛒 Exit intent cart abandonment recovery 🎉 Welcome popups for first-time visitors 📊 Survey collection and user feedback 🔞 Age verification for restricted content 🍪 Cookie consent for GDPR compliance ⏰ Urgency campaigns with countdown timers 💰 Promotional offers with coupon codes 🎬 Community Tutorials Tutorials created by our amazing community members: 🔥 Other Popular Plugins by HasThemes ShopLentor (formerly WooLentor) – WooCommerce page builder plugin with 120+ free Elementor widgets, 110+ WooCommerce templates, and Gutenberg Blocks. Best alternative for ShopReady, Kadence, JetWidgets, ShopEngine, and CoDesigner. HT Mega For Elementor – Elementor Addons with 135+ professional widgets, AI-powered content writer, theme builder, and 790+ ready-made blocks. Works like ElementsKit, Essential Addons, Royal Elementor Addons. WP Plugin Manager – Disable certain plugins on specific pages or posts for better performance. Activate or deactivate plugins on a per-page basis. Extensions For CF7 – Contact Form 7 Database, Conditional Fields, and Mailchimp integration for lead generation. Whols – WooCommerce wholesale pricing plugin. Set wholesale prices, custom registration fields, and minimum requirements. Works like Wholesale Suite, B2Bking. JustTables – WooCommerce product table plugin with 28 pre-built columns, custom fields support, and drag-and-drop ordering. Swatchly – WooCommerce product variation swatches with color, label, and image swatch types. HT Slider For Elementor – Powerful slider addon for Elementor with custom styling options and navigation controls. HT Contact Form – Elementor addon for Contact Form 7 with drag-and-drop and custom styling options. Wanna see the pro version? Check it out now! 💬 Need Help? Is there any feature that you want to get in this plugin? Needs assistance to use this plugin? 🎫 Create a Support Ticket 💡 Feature Request / Bug Report 📚 Documentation

Hustle is the ultimate marketing plugin for building a mailing list and converting site traffic. Lead generation just got easier with simple set up optin forms, targeted marketing popups, and designer-made templates. Build a social following while you’re at it with Hustle’s diverse social sharing capabilities. From the award winning developers of Smush image optimization and Forminator form builder at WPMU DEV. Hustle lets you easily grow your mailing list or display targeted ads across your site with popups, optins, slide-ins, widgets, and shortcodes. Access unlimited pop-ups, slide-ins, and social shares from the start with Hustle Pro. Level up immediately with unlimited campaign creation + access to the full suite of WPMU DEV performance and marketing plugins. Learn more about Pro. Instant Templates For Every Kind Of Offer Hustle makes the process of creating popups, slide-ins, and embeds easier with a range of pre-designed templates. The templates available represent a number of different use cases (e.g. Black Friday, giveaway, COVID notice, newsletter signup), meaning you can get started with a module that aligns with your campaign goals. See them in action below: Learn The Ropes With These Hands-On Hustle Tutorials How to Get the Most Email Subscribers Using Hustle How to Make the Perfect Popup with Hustle How To Get The Most Out Of Using Hustle Get Creative With Styling For Desktop and Mobile Hustle’s flexible appearance settings can help your marketing stand out. Choose colors, animations, layouts, drop shadows, and display conditions from the easy-to-use design settings for all your marketing modules. By default layouts and templates are fully mobile responsive. But you can also make granular adjustments (margins, padding, borders, container sizing) to ensure your modules are popping on all devices. Take Styling & Customization Even Further If you have an eye for detail you’ll love the additional customization options available with Hustle. As well as basic appearance elements like layout, images, typography, and color – Hustle allows for more advanced detailing like borders, spacing, shadow, module sizing, and more. There’s also custom CSS if you’d really like to make your modules your own. Highly Targeted Display Settings Hustle has all the behavior and condition settings you’ll need to target visitors with email opt-ins or ads. Set up intelligent conditions such as: specific pages and posts, visitor device/browser, country, source of arrival, post registration, browser cookie, and a whole lot more. Smart Triggers For Popups And Slide-ins As well as intelligent visibility conditions, Hustle also allows you to set up a range of behavior triggers for your popups and slide-ins. Including: time on page, scroll, exit-intent, and more. Set Specific Schedules For Best Results Hustle makes it easy to schedule exactly when you want your marketing modules to deploy. Set start and end dates, schedule modules to show on specific days of the week, at a certain time of day, and choose a custom timezone to adhere to. Reach Out To Visitors Via Email Once a user has engaged with one of your marketing modules it’s important to follow up with next steps or a simple welcome message. Hustle’s email settings allow you to easily whip up manual or automated email messages and establish that initial connection. Get Busy With Social Sharing Hustle includes top social icons for easily building your following on your favorite social networks. Quickly enable the most popular social networks and use floating social, widgets, and shortcodes to add followers. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Reddit LinkedIn VKontakte 500px Houzz Instagram Twitch YouTube Telegram WhatsApp Form Builder Integrations Hustle integrates with popular free form builders like Forminator, so you can embed your forms, polls, and quizzes into popups and slide-ins for interactive lead generation. Grow your following and capture more leads with Hustle. Grow Your Mailing List Hustle integrates with all the popular email services. Just connect your account and start collecting new subscribers. AWeber ActiveCampaign Campaign Monitor MailChimp & MailChimp groups Constant Contact ConvertKit GetResponse Mailster Hubspot Sendy Mad Mimi Mautic Infusionsoft Brevo MailPoet MailerLite iContact Zapier SendGrid Gutenberg WordPress Editor Block Hustle supports both the Classic Editor plugin and Gutenberg. When you’re ready to say goodbye to shortcodes, the Hustle block pulls your opt-ins and embedded content in for you. Smart Exit-Intent Hustle has exit-intent, a favorite of professional marketers, that detects when visitors are about to leave your site and – BOOM! A pop-up or slide-in to grab their attention. ReCAPTCHA Spam Warrior Keep bot subscribers from taking over your mailing lists. Hustle connects to Googles ReCAPTCHA to protect your signup forms from spam. Adblock is no Match for Hustle Hustle has the moves and displays pop-ups and slide-ins even when Adblockers try to block your content. Measure Performance and Results Whether you’ve created a popup, slide in, or embed, Hustle allows you to track the results of each individual module with intelligent tracking data, conversion stats, and insightful charts for a visual representation. You can also set up a custom widget and include stats on your WP dashboard. Features available in Hustle include: Pop-ups, slide-ins, widgets, embeds and after post opt-ins Ready-made marketing templates – Discount, sale, Black Friday, COVID-19 3 free popups upgrade to Hustle Pro for unlimited 3 free slide-ins upgrade to Hustle Pro for unlimited 3 free social share bars upgrade to Hustle Pro for unlimited 3 free embeds upgrade to Hustle Pro for unlimited Built-in designs editor for simple customization Color match your brand, like magic Smooth display animations Integrate with the best email services including: Aweber, MailChimp, MailChimp groups, Constant Contact, Sendy, Infusionsoft, GetResponse, Campaign Monitor, and many more Super powerful conditions for targeting your audience Schedule your modules to display at a specific time or date Track how many times pop-ups, slide-ins and opt-ins are displayed See submissions straight through WordPress Conversion rates overview 4 default layouts Easy management dashboard New features, layouts and sass coming every month What Do People Say About Hustle? ★★★★★ “I don’t know how I’ve survived this long without Hustle and Forminator, but I’m now using them on every website I build.” – sherylryan ★★★★★ “Recovering 15%+ of sales due to this. Insanely good. Thanks!” – lmbpack ★★★★★ “We used this plugin to build a beautiful pop-up to attract more users and increase conversion rate. Thanks” – inblch98 ★★★★★ “Maybe the only plugin with free “exit intent” feature. Simple but powerful.” – tutoruniversitario ★★★★★ “Wow, we needed so many pop ups for client’s websites with this COVID thing going on. We used the Hustle on all of them. No problems and they look great!” – tammylfinch A Note From Hustle Hey! This is Hustle, your trusted popup, email opt-in, and marketing plugin for WordPress. I’m part of the WPMU DEV team, a superhero-suite of WordPress plugins, services, and support. Here are some of our other free plugins: Smush – Image Compression and Optimization Forminator – Form, Quiz, Poll and Survey Builder Hummingbird – Speed up, Cache, Optimize Your CSS and JS Branda – White Label WordPress, Maintenance Mode and Coming Soon Pages My superhero friends run the WPMU DEV Blog, your source for the very best WordPress tutorials. If you need to be in the know about WordPress, check it out. Thanks for looking at Hustle, and I look forward to helping you market and grow your business with popups and more. Enjoy, The Hustle About Us WPMU DEV is a premium supplier of quality WordPress plugins, services and support. Join us here: https://wpmudev.com/ Don’t forget to stay up to date on everything WordPress from the Internet’s number one resource: WPMU DEV Blog Hey, one more thing… we hope you enjoy our free offerings as much as we’ve loved making them for you!