Store Notice

A single message shown across the whole store.

The Store Notice feature in WooCommerce allows you to display a message across your online store, ideal for announcements or updates.

It's a single bar visible on every page, the right place for something everyone needs to know: a sale, a shipping delay, holiday closing dates.

How to Use the Store Notice

Navigate to Appearance -> Customize -> WooCommerce -> Store Notice in your WordPress dashboard.

It has the following options:

• Enable/Disable Notice: Check the box to show the notice bar on your site. Uncheck to hide it.

• Store Notice: Enter the message you want to display.

You can preview the notice live as you edit it, making sure it looks just right before going live.

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Writing a good notice

Keep it to one line. It's a bar, not a paragraph. "Free shipping on orders over $50" works; three sentences about your shipping policy doesn't.

Say what it means for the customer, not what happened internally. "Orders placed after 20 December ship in January" beats "Our warehouse is closed for the holidays."

Turn it off when it's no longer true. A notice about a sale that ended last month makes a shop look neglected. It's one checkbox, uncheck it.

Visitors can dismiss the notice, and once dismissed it stays hidden for them. If you've changed the text and want to check it, use a private browsing window.

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Styling it

The notice is styled to match your theme automatically, so it picks up your colors without any work.

To change how it looks, use a CSS snippet or Appearance -> Customize -> Additional CSS. The notice has its own class, so you can target it without affecting anything else.

Adding Custom Code

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When you need more than one line

The Store Notice is deliberately simple, one message, everywhere, no formatting. When that isn't enough, a Template Part of type Section gives you the full editor and much more control:

• Rich content: images, buttons, several lines, your own layout

• Show it on chosen pages only: the shop but not the blog, the cart but not the checkout

• Show it at a chosen time: a weekend sale banner that appears on Saturday and goes on Sunday night

• Show it to some visitors only: logged-in customers, or first-time visitors

Place it with a Header After location and a display condition for where it belongs.

Creating a Section

For something that needs attention rather than a passing glance, a popup may suit better:

Popups

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Common questions

The notice doesn't appear. Check the box is ticked and the message isn't empty. If you've dismissed it yourself, try a private browsing window.

The whole WooCommerce section is missing from the Customizer. WooCommerce isn't active. It's the only option group that disappears entirely without its plugin.

I want a different notice on different pages. Store Notice shows one message everywhere. Use a Section template part instead.