A moving headline is almost impossible to ignore, and the News Ticker widget puts that pull to work on any page. Part of Sentio Addons for Elementor, the News Ticker widget streams your latest headlines, promotions, or announcements across a sleek horizontal bar that catches the eye the instant a visitor arrives. Whether you run a newsroom, an online store, or a software product, it keeps your freshest message in constant, gentle motion right where everyone will see it.
What Is the News Ticker Widget?
The News Ticker widget is a scrolling headline bar that displays a series of short messages, each with an optional category label and link. Built for Elementor, the News Ticker widget can pull items from your own posts or from a manual list you control through a simple repeater. It offers several animation styles, a bold header, a live clock, and a breaking-news treatment that makes your most important story impossible to miss — all without writing a line of code. Each item can carry its own colored category tag, so a reader can tell news from weather from sport at a glance, even as the line keeps moving.
Key Features of the News Ticker Widget
The Elementor News Ticker widget is built to match any tone, from urgent to understated:
- Four animation modes — scroll, slide, fade, and typed — with adjustable speed and pause on hover.
- A customizable header with icons, a pulsing effect, a live clock, and the date.
- Color-coded category labels in filled, outlined, or plain text styles.
- A breaking-news highlight with an optional glow to flag your top story.
- Sticky top or bottom positioning, plus nav arrows and a progress bar for the non-scrolling modes.
Why Use the News Ticker Widget on Your Site?
Motion draws attention, and a ticker uses that instinct to surface the things you most want seen. A publisher can keep breaking stories in front of readers; a store can run a rotating strip of offers that lifts urgency without a pop-up; a product team can announce updates the moment they ship. Because it lives in a slim bar, the News Ticker widget adds all of this without stealing space from the rest of the page. The sticky option keeps the message in view as visitors scroll, and pause-on-hover lets anyone stop to read or click a headline. It is a small element that punches well above its size, turning idle screen space into a live channel for whatever matters most today.
Getting Started With News Ticker in Minutes
Drop the News Ticker widget onto any Elementor page and choose your source — your latest posts or a manual list. Add each headline with a label and link, pick an animation mode, and set the speed. Switch on the header, clock, or breaking-news glow if you want them, then match the colors to your brand. Everything previews live in the editor, so you can shape the News Ticker widget exactly the way you want without touching CSS or loading an extra script.
See the News Ticker Widget in Action
Our demo page shows three takes on the same component: a newsroom bar scrolling breaking headlines beside a live clock, a bold retail strip sliding promotions with arrows and a progress bar, and a minimal software bar fading quietly between product updates. Same widget, three completely different voices, each built from one manual list with only a change of layout, colour, and the features switched on.
The News Ticker widget is one more reason Sentio Addons for Elementor keeps growing. Add it to your next page and keep your most important message moving.