Urban Insight Promobar
Urban Insight Promobar is a simple promobar plugin which allows you to customize a dismissable promobar at the top of your WordPress website.
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Urban Insight Promobar shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 12 months ago, and scores 38/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.8 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Urban Insight Promobar stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| announce | #82 |
| announcement | >100 |
| banner | >100 |
| promobar | #2 |
| promotion | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Urban Insight Promobar
From the official readme · v1.4Description
Urban Insight Promobar makes it easy to add an attractive and functional promobar to the top of your website. This dismissable announcement promobar displays HTML content and Dashicons on a customizable background color. Administrative users can schedule, enable, and reset the promobar display with intuitive plugin settings.
Features
The Urban Insight Promobar plugin comes with everything you need to create and manage your sitewide announcement:
- Custom HTML content display
- WordPress Dashicons font icon selector
- Background color picker option
- Options to schedule promobar display with start/end date and time settings.
- User dismissal tracking with js-cookie
- Browser cookie expiration (set in days)
- Dismissal reset setting using roll browser cookie value
- Localhost development option
Installation
Installing the plugin is easy—just follow one of the following methods:
Install Urban Insight Promobar plugin from within WordPress
- Visit the plugins page from your WordPress dashboard and select ‘Add New.’
- Search for “Urban Insight Promobar.”
- Activate Urban Insight Promobar from your plugins page.
Install Urban Insight Promobar Manually
- Visit the plugins page from your WordPress dashboard and select ‘Add New.’
- Select the ‘Upload’ option and select ‘Choose File.’
- When the popup appears, select the urban-insight-promobar-x.x.zip file from your desktop. (The ‘x.x’ will change depending on the current version number.)
- Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the upload.
- Once uploaded, activate the plugin via the prompt. A message will confirm activation.
- Access a link to access promobar frontend settings on the confirmation page.
Frequently asked questions
Does your plugin account for the WP Admin Bar height?
Yes, our plugin adds top padding to the body tag to ensure that the promobar does not overlap with the header content.
Changelog
[1.4] 2025-10-09
- Revised field names for consistency
- Added ‘Clear’ buttons to multiple fields
- Improved banner/icon alignment
- Tested with WordPress 6.8.x
[1.3.3] 2023-12-07
- Fix blank dashicons display bug
- Tested with WordPress 6.4.x
[1.3.2] 2023-08-10
- Fix protocol check, $_SERVER[‘PORT’] bug
- Tested with WordPress 6.2.x
[1.3.1] 2022-12-07
- Update JS Cookie to v3.0.1
- Update Dashicons Picker preview, icon grid
- Tested with WordPress 6.1.x
[1.3] 2022-10-27
- Restore updated icon picker JS feature
- Update excluded pages multiselect option
- Tested with WordPress 6.0.x
[1.2] 2021-12-03
- Remove deprecated icon picker JS feature
- Tested with WordPress 5.8.x
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FAQ
Urban Insight Promobar: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 4, 2026
Is Urban Insight Promobar free?
Yes. Urban Insight Promobar is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Urban Insight Promobar safe to use in 2026?
Urban Insight Promobar shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 12 months ago, and scores 38/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Urban Insight Promobar?
Urban Insight Promobar is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 4,315 times since it launched in January 2021. It was downloaded 209 times in the last 30 days.
Does Urban Insight Promobar work with WordPress 7.1?
Urban Insight Promobar is officially tested up to WordPress 6.8.10, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Urban Insight Promobar need?
Urban Insight Promobar requires PHP 5.6 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Urban Insight Promobar last updated?
The latest version, 1.4, was released on October 9, 2025 (12 months ago).
Who makes Urban Insight Promobar?
Urban Insight Promobar is developed and maintained by Urban Insight.
What are the best alternatives to Urban Insight Promobar?
The most popular alternatives to Urban Insight Promobar are Announce from the Dashboard (7K+ installs), Simple Notices (100+ installs) and Easy Announcements (30+ installs).
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