Description
This plugin makes it easy for South African WordPress sites to add the Covid-19 banner as required by the South African government. This is to make sure that a legitimate source of information is known.
There is a widget that can be used in sidebars and a shortcode that can be used pretty much anywhere else.
If you want a feature added or find a bug, pop an issue here: https://github.com/seagyn/south-african-covid-19-banner/issues
Thank you to zeorin for the original banner snippet.
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/south-african-covid-19-bannerdirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‹Plugins› screen in WordPress
- Go to the Appearance->Widgets if your theme supports it or use
[south-african-covid-19-banner]anywhere.
Reviews
28. April 2020
1 reply
Thus far, the plugin has worked for most use cases. I would however recommend the following:
Allowing links (website, hotline, WhatsApp) to open in a new/blank tab. Whilst most responsible businesses have no problem displaying the banner and directing traffic to the website and contact numbers; they also don’t want to lose their active visitors.
Either allowing for custom color options for links in the banner or forcing the COVID-19 site color scheme («!important»). I have found a few situations where the theme styling affected the links (white links on white background) and needed to add custom CSS.
Other than the above, I believe that this plugin provides one of the easiest ways to to fulfill legal requirements and share factual information regarding COVID-19 in South Africa.
31. März 2020
If you run a South African based site and simply wish to add a banner that adds a link to valued information on the matter this does so perfectly.
@seagyn definitely builds quality and keen to see his other plugins after experiencing this one.
30. März 2020
Simple, easy and does what you expect. Nice.
Contributors & Developers
“South African Covid-19 Banner” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
0.2.0
- Added full page settings.
0.1.1
- Initial release