News Ticker for Elementor adds a dedicated widget to the Elementor editor. You can use it to display headlines from your WordPress posts or create custom ticker messages for announcements, offers, notices, and other important information.
Configure the content, adjust available navigation controls, and customize the heading and ticker styling to suit your layout. The Pro version adds further options for animation effects, post selection, filtering, and display behavior.
Key Features
- WordPress Post Headlines – Display titles from your published blog posts in a news ticker.
- Custom Ticker Messages—Add your own announcements, notices, or promotional text.
- Custom Message Links – Link ticker messages to relevant pages, offers, or resources.
- Post Display Limits—Choose how many post headlines appear in the ticker.
- Scrolling Animation—Use the Pro version’s scrolling effect to create a moving headline display.
- Typing Animation—Present ticker content with a typing effect in the Pro version.
- Post Type Selection – Use supported WordPress post types, including custom post types, with Pro features.
- Category and Taxonomy Filtering – Narrow down the posts displayed using supported categories or taxonomies in Pro.
- Post Ordering Controls – Arrange eligible content by date, title, ID, modified time, and other supported sorting options.
- Previous and Next Controls – Give visitors navigation options for browsing ticker content.
- Play and Pause Controls – Provide controls for managing ticker playback where configured.
- Autoplay and Hover Options – Configure automatic playback and mouse-hover behavior using available Pro settings.
- Customizable Heading – Add a label such as “Latest News,” “Announcements,” or “Trending.”
- Visual Styling Controls – Adjust available colors, typography, backgrounds, borders, and control-button styles.
- RTL Support – Enable right-to-left display in the Pro version for supported languages and layouts.
- Multiple Tickers – Create different ticker sections for news, updates, promotions, or notices.
Perfect For
News Ticker for Elementor is suitable for news websites, online magazines, bloggers, business websites, educational institutions, community portals, and digital publishers.
It can help editors highlight recent articles, businesses communicate service announcements, schools share important notices, and online stores promote selected updates. Website owners can also use custom ticker messages to direct visitors toward important pages.
Highlight Important Updates
Visitors may overlook important information when it is buried among regular page content. A dedicated ticker gives selected headlines and announcements a more prominent position.
Use it to feature recent articles, upcoming events, service updates, or time-sensitive notices. With appropriate wording and placement, a ticker can help visitors find relevant information more quickly.
Customize the Ticker to Match Your Website
A news ticker should complement your website rather than compete with its design. Use the available styling controls to coordinate the heading, text, background, borders, and navigation elements with your existing Elementor layout.
You can create a simple headline strip for a business website or a more noticeable news section for a magazine or publication. The exact styling options depend on the version you install.
Manage Headlines More Efficiently
Manually updating announcement text whenever new content is published can become repetitive. A post-based ticker helps you display selected WordPress headlines in a dedicated area, while custom messages give you control over notices that are not tied to blog posts.
The Pro version provides additional controls for selecting, filtering, and ordering content, making it more useful for websites with multiple categories or custom post types.
Important Compatibility Information
News Ticker for Elementor is a widget plugin, not a standalone page builder. Elementor must be installed and activated to use its Elementor widget.
Some advanced features, including typing and scrolling effects, custom post type filtering, and additional playback controls, are Pro features. Confirm which edition is included before installation. Keep the plugin updated and test it with your current WordPress, Elementor, PHP, and theme versions, preferably on a staging site first.
News Ticker for Elementor – Make Website Updates Stand Out
Bring headlines, announcements, and custom messages into focus with News Ticker for Elementor. Its post-based content, custom ticker messages, navigation controls, and styling options help you create a useful news strip that fits your website’s design and keeps important updates visible.
