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Popups and messages – when, where and for whom

Popups

Popups shows popups and messages that you write in the block editor – in the middle, in a corner, as a bar or full screen. You choose when, where, for whom and how often. Pro schedules them: between two dates, on some weekdays and at some times of the day.

  • Free to use
  • Works fully without Pro
  • Prowhen you want more

In WordPress the plugin is called Datoden Popups – in the DT-addons menu it is listed as DT-popup.

A popup on the pageA web page with a popup in the middle: the heading Autumn sale, a text and the button To the shop. Next to it are the choices: in the middle, after 3 seconds, all pages, once per visit, and the schedule 1–15 Nov (Pro).×Autumn sale20% off everything until SundayTo the shopIn the middleAfter 3 secondsAll pagesOnce per visit1–15 Nov, 8–22Pro
Write the popup like a page and choose how, when, where and how often – Pro schedules it.

How Popups works

DT-popup shows popups and messages to your visitors. Each popup is written like a page in the block editor, and below the text you choose how, when, where, for whom and how often it is shown. The popups are real dialogs in the browser: the keyboard stays in them, Esc closes them and screen readers read them correctly.

Written in the block editor

Text, images, buttons, forms (e.g. DT-contact) and shortcodes – anything you can put on a page can go in a popup. Preview shows the popup on the website.

Four ways to be shown

In the middle with a dark background, in a corner, as a bar at the top or bottom across the whole width, or full screen. Width, background and text colour and movement (fade, slide or zoom in) are chosen per popup.

When it opens

After a number of seconds, when the visitor has scrolled part of the page, when the visitor is about to leave (the mouse towards the top of the window, or a quick scroll up on a phone) or on a click on a link or button to #popup-name.

Where and for whom

All pages, only the front page, only some addresses or all except some – * means anything, /shop/* is the whole shop. With DT-language also only some languages. Computers and/or phones, logged-in and/or other visitors.

How often

Every page view, once per visit, again after a number of days or only once – remembered in the visitor's browser. A popup that opens on click opens every time.

Closes the way visitors expect

The cross, Esc, a click outside, a link to #close inside the popup or by itself after a number of seconds. One at a time: if two popups want to open together, the second waits.

With page caches

Popups work also when the page comes from a page cache (DT-cache and others) – time, device, login and frequency are decided in the visitor's browser. The cache is cleared when a popup is saved.

Scheduling Pro

Show a popup only between two dates and times, only on some weekdays and only between some times of the day – in the website's time zone, also over midnight. A popup that starts while a visitor is on the page opens then.

What it looks like

Everything without a Pro label works for free. What is marked Pro is included in the Pro version.

Four ways to be shownFour small web pages: one with a popup in the middle and a dark background, one with a box at the bottom right, one with a bar at the top and one where the popup covers the whole screen.In the middleIn a cornerFree shipping over 500Bar at the top or bottomFull screen
In the middle, in a corner, as a bar or full screen – with its own width, colour and movement.
The choices below the textThe settings below the popup text in the block editor: When – after a while, on scroll, when leaving, on click; How often – once per visit; and Schedule with dates, weekdays and times (Pro).Popup – how, when and whereWhenAfter a whileOn scrollLeavingOn clickHow oftenEvery timeOnce per visitEvery 7 daysScheduleProFrom 1 Nov 08:00To 15 Nov 22:00MonTueWedThuFriSatSunEvery day 08:00–22:00 · the website's time zone
Choose when and how often below the text – with Pro also dates, weekdays and times.

Get started

After installing – how to set up Popups.

  1. Make a popup

    Go to DT-addons → DT-popup and click + New popup. Write the content like a page.

  2. Choose how, when and where

    Below the text you choose how it is shown, when it opens, on which pages, for whom and how often. Fields that do not apply to your choice are hidden.

  3. Preview and publish

    Preview shows the popup on the website at once. Publish, and visitors see it. The switch in the list turns it off and on.

  4. Schedule (Pro)

    Under Schedule you set from and to, weekdays and times of the day.

Free and Pro

Pro builds on the free version – it stays as the base, with all your settings, and Pro adds the rest.

Free

  • Written in the block editor – text, images, buttons and forms
  • In the middle, in a corner, as a bar at the top or bottom, or full screen
  • After a while, on scroll, when the visitor is about to leave or on click
  • Chosen pages, languages, computer or phone, logged in or not
  • How often: every time, once per visit, every X days or once
  • Works with page caches – the conditions are decided in the browser

Popups Pro

Everything in the free version, plus:

  • Scheduling from and to a date and time
  • Only some weekdays
  • Only between some times of the day, also over midnight
  • Opens by itself when the schedule starts, if the visitor is still on the page

Prices

Choose how many websites and how you want to buy. Prices exclude VAT – VAT is calculated at checkout.

Number of websites
One plugin €9€19€59one-off
  • Yours forever
  • Every update in the major version (e.g. 1.x)
  • A discount on the next major version
Recommended Subscription €8€17€25per month €99€199€299 per year – billed yearly €13€25€43per month
  • Every Pro plugin – new ones included as they arrive
  • Always the latest version, new major versions included
  • Plus Website Guard Pro: safe updates
  • Cancel any time
All Pro plugins €109€219€469one-off
  • Every plugin in one purchase – the most for your money
  • Plus Website Guard Pro: safe updates
  • Yours forever
  • Every update in the major version

* Up to 100 websites. Datoden may end a subscription and then refunds the remaining part of the paid period.

You sign in to your Datoden account (or create one for free) and pay securely at Stripe by card. Receipt and invoice are emailed right away.

Buy and install Pro

The licence follows your Datoden account – no key to paste.

  1. Buy

    The purchase is saved on your Datoden account as soon as the payment has gone through.

  2. Download

    Get the Pro plugin under My account → My purchases → Licences.

  3. Install

    Drop the zip file on Website Guard. Pro is added on top of the free version – everything you have done stays.

  4. Connect

    Connect the website in Website Guard. The Pro updates then arrive as ordinary WordPress updates.

Frequently asked questions

How do I open a popup from a button?

Link the button to #popup-name (the popup's address name, shown in the list) or #dt-popup-123 with the popup's number. Choose On click on a link if it should only open that way.

How do I close the popup from a button inside it?

Link the button to #close.

Are popups shown when I use a page cache?

Yes. The pages and the language are decided on the server, the rest in the visitor's browser, so the popups are right also when the page comes from the cache.

Will a visitor see the same popup again and again?

Only if you choose Every page view. Otherwise it is remembered in the visitor's browser – once per visit, every X days or once.

What happens when a licence runs out?

Nothing stops working. A purchase never runs out, and when a subscription ends the plugins keep every function – only the updates from Datoden stop.

What is a major version?

The first number in the version. A purchase includes every update in that major version, for example all 1.x versions. A new major version (2.0) comes about once a year with clearly new features and comes at a discount as an upgrade. A subscription always includes it.

How are websites counted?

Websites connected to your Datoden account with a Pro plugin switched on, in the order they were connected. Disconnect a website in My websites to move the licence to another.

Do I need a licence key?

No. The website is connected to your Datoden account with Website Guard, and Datoden knows which updates your licences include.

Can I go back to the free version?

Yes. Deactivate Pro – the free version keeps running with the same settings. Functions that only exist in Pro stop, but nothing is deleted.

Do I keep the free version?

Yes. Pro is an add-on: the free version stays installed and active as the base and is updated from WordPress.org as usual, and Pro adds the Pro features on top. On WordPress.org the free versions are called Datoden …, for example Datoden Popups.

Is VAT included?

Prices exclude VAT. VAT is calculated at checkout from your country. Companies in other EU countries can enter their VAT number.

Already bought?

Your licences, websites and downloads are under My account → My purchases → Licences.