{"id":585,"date":"2019-09-05T16:12:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T16:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/?p=585"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:12:50","slug":"new-feature-announcements-for-the-status-pages-pro-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/new-feature-announcements-for-the-status-pages-pro-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"New Feature: Announcements for the Status Pages (Pro Plan)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A status page is a very easy-to-setup, nice and automated way to share the status of the websites\/servers with visitors, users and teammates.<\/p>\n<p>And, <strong>the\u00a0ability to share additional info with users<\/strong> like current issues or an upcoming maintenance\u00a0<strong>can only make it better<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/status.uptimerobot.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-591 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/status-page-announcement.png\" alt=\"Announcements in Status Pages\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have just added this feature <strong>(in the Pro Plan)<\/strong> where it is now possible to add announcements\u00a0to the status pages and the<strong>\u00a0feature can be viewed in action at <a href=\"https:\/\/status.uptimerobot.com\/\">Uptime Robot&#8217;s status page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>How to use it?<\/h3>\n<p>The feature can be reached from My Settings&gt;Public Status Pages&gt;Any status page&gt;Announcement icon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/status-page-announcements.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-588 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/status-page-announcements.png\" alt=\"Status Page Announcement\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are currently <strong>3 announcement types<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>info<\/li>\n<li>issue<\/li>\n<li>maintenance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>which <strong>covers almost all use-cases<\/strong> and we are open to suggestions\u00a0for additional ones.<\/p>\n<p>An announcement can be set to be <strong>published and auto-resolved\/archived at a future date.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And, hoping that it&#8217;ll help for a better communication with users and teammates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A status page is a very easy-to-setup, nice and automated way to share the status of the websites\/servers with visitors, users and teammates. 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