How to Install and Activate Ember News Ticker

Would you like to add a news ticker or announcement bar to your WordPress site? This guide shows you how to install Ember News Ticker, activate it, and open the dashboard for the first time.

Installing Ember News Ticker

Get the Ember News Ticker plugin zip from emberwp.com/plugins/ember-news-ticker.

  1. Log in at /wp-admin.
  2. Go to Plugins → Add New Plugin.
  3. Click Upload Plugin, choose the tickerpress zip, then click Install Now.

You can also copy the tickerpress folder into wp-content/plugins/ with SFTP or your host's file manager, then activate it below.

Activating the plugin

  1. Click Activate Plugin, or go to Plugins and click Activate under Ember News Ticker.
  2. Open Ember News Ticker in the admin sidebar (megaphone icon).

There is no setup wizard. Activation registers the plugin and runs first-install setup.

What you see after activation

The dashboard opens on the Tickers tab. You will also see Settings, and Free vs Pro when Pro is not active.

If the site has no ticker posts yet, Ember News Ticker creates one published, enabled Welcome ticker with three sample Simple text messages. Setup runs once—it will not duplicate on reactivation or on sites that already have tickers.

Automatic top/bottom placement is off by default on that starter, so open Welcome ticker from the list when you are ready to place or customize it.

Optional: installing Ember News Ticker Pro

Ember News Ticker Pro is a separate add-on. Free Ember News Ticker must be installed and active first.

  1. Install and activate free Ember News Ticker.
  2. Upload and activate the Ember News Ticker Pro zip the same way.
  3. Complete any Freemius license or account prompts for Pro updates. Installed Pro features keep working if a license later expires.

If free Ember News Ticker is missing or older than 0.1.0, Pro shows an admin notice until the requirement is met.

That's it. Activate Ember News Ticker, open the Ember News Ticker menu, then edit Welcome ticker or create a new one from the Tickers tab.