Tribe Alerts #4 in Utilities
A WordPress plugin to display banner alerts on your website
by Modern Tribe · github.com/moderntribe/tribe-alerts · website
★ 0stars
2.1krelease downloads
≈10active sites
264composer installs
0forks
Install
The author publishes release zips, so WP-CLI can install straight from GitHub:
wp plugin install https://github.com/moderntribe/tribe-alerts/releases/download/1.8.0/tribe-alerts.zipAlso on Packagist as moderntribe/tribe-alerts:
composer require moderntribe/tribe-alertsFrom the readme
Tribe Alerts
Displays a customizable banner on the screen and remembers when users have dismissed it.
Display custom banner alerts on your website.
Requirements
- Lando (Docker-backed local stack)
- PHP 7.4+ (satisfied inside Lando; match composer.json platform when running Composer on the host)
- Advanced Custom Fields Pro (installed via Composer; see Composer authentication)
- For assets: nvm or fnm, Node (see .nvmrc), Yarn 1.22+, npm 8.3+
Run locally (Lando)
1. Environment file for WordPress / database
Copy the example env file Lando loads:
Edit dev/lando/.env if needed. WPHOME and WPSITEURL must match the hostname Lando exposes (see proxy → appservernginx in .lando.yml; currently https://tribe-alert.lndo.site).
2. Composer authentication (ACF & private packages)
composer.json pulls ACF Pro from connect.advancedcustomfields.com and nickford/acf-swatch from GitHub over SSH. Composer reads auth.json in the project root for HTTP Basic auth. That file is listed in .gitignore and must not be committed.
Option A — from the sample (Modern Tribe / 1Password)
auth-sample.json is a template that expects 1Password CLI secret references. From the repo root:
Adjust vault/item na
Read the full README on GitHub →
Releases
| Tag | Published | Asset | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8.0 | Aug 10, 2026 | tribe-alerts.zip | 1 |
| 1.7.1 | Oct 12, 2022 | tribe-alerts.zip | 1,659 |
| 1.7.0 | Oct 12, 2022 | tribe-alerts.zip | 9 |
| 1.6.0 | Sep 13, 2022 | tribe-alerts.zip | 25 |
| 1.5.1 | Sep 9, 2022 | tribe-alerts.zip | 10 |
| 1.5.0 | Sep 9, 2022 | tribe-alerts.zip | 6 |
| 1.4.0 | Sep 6, 2022 | tribe-alerts.zip | 19 |
| 1.3.0 | Aug 10, 2022 | tribe-alerts.zip | 248 |
| 1.2.6 | Aug 9, 2022 | tribe-alerts.zip | 29 |
| 1.2.4 | Jun 21, 2022 | tribe-alerts.zip | 13 |
| 1.2.3 | May 27, 2022 | tribe-alerts.zip | 95 |
| 1.2.2 | May 19, 2022 | tribe-alerts.zip | 1 |
| 1.2.1 | May 3, 2022 | tribe-alerts.zip | 10 |
| 1.2.0 | May 3, 2022 | tribe-alerts.zip | 7 |
| 1.1.0 | Apr 30, 2022 | tribe-alerts.zip | 9 |
| 1.0.3 | Apr 21, 2022 | — | — |
| 1.0.2 | Apr 21, 2022 | — | — |
| 1.0.1 | Apr 20, 2022 | — | — |
| 1.0.0 | Apr 20, 2022 | — | — |
Active-site estimate ≈10 comes from the median of recent superseded releases. Method.