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Popup Maker Glossary of Terms

This is a list of terms with their definitions in alphabetical order. We use these terms throughout the Popup Maker Admin area and our documentation.

! (Not) Operator #

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The Not or exclamation point ( ! ) operator checks for the opposite of a targeting condition.

Clicking the exclamation point icon turns the Not operator on and off.

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    A gray icon means the operator is off and the condition acts normally. Off is the default
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    A red icon appears when the operator is on. That means the opposite of the condition takes effect.

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     All Posts: The popup can display on all posts.
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     Blog Index: The popup can not display on the blog index page.

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Admin / WP Admin / WordPress Admin #


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The administration or management area for a WordPress website. This is usually the first page you see when you log into a WordPress site with an Administrator role.

The official WordPress docs call the admin area the Administration Screen. Another popular name you’ll see is the admin dashboard.

Once you’re logged in with the Administrator role, you’ll see the Popup Maker Admin menu.

We use Admin and WP Admin interchangeably in our documentation.

Advanced Targeting Conditions #

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Advanced Targeting Conditions are a set of extra popup targeting conditions that come with the premium Advanced Targeting Conditions extension.

These advanced conditions are  non-content based, unlike the standard conditions that come free with Popup Maker. Meaning that they target popups using things like logged-in status, referrer information, or browser and device information. You can use advanced targeting interchangeably with the standard targeting conditions. Access to these conditions requires a premium plugin license active on a site.

You can buy the Advanced Targeting Conditions extension on our product page or try it for free on our demo site.   

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Back End #

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The part of a website that you can see if you are logged as an administrator. This is the opposite of the front end of your site.

The back end of a site is where you can create posts and pages. It can also mean the webserver admin area where you can do things like make site backups and edit server files.


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Conditions #

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Conditions are rules you can give a popup on where to display on your site.

See Targeting Conditions for the full details.

Cookies #


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Cookies are small files (about 4 KB) that a browser can create on your computer to store information. Cookies help keep track of your website session. 

Popup Maker lets you create cookies to remember when popups get opened. That means you can tell Popup Maker to do things like display a popup only once per visit (session cookie) or month. Popup Maker will check for any relevant cookies before it tries to open a popup.

For example, if you create a popup with a cookie that you set to expire in 30 days, that popup will appear only once in 30 days for each visitor. Let’s break that down into 3 common scenarios:

  1. A visitor sees the popup for the first time. The 30-day cookie is set.
  2. If the same person (with the same browser) visits again within 30 days, they won’t see that same popup again. The 30-day cookie is still active.
  3. If they visit 30 days after, they can see that popup once again. The original 30-day cookie expires. A new 30-day cookie is set.

Note: If you want a popup always to display, make sure you don’t create a cookie for that popup 😉

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) #

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CSS is what gives style such as color, font, background, animation, and text size to a web page. For example, you can define the color, font, and size of the text on your web page using CSS.

CSS is also smart enough to know the size of the display that you’re viewing a web page on. That means you can use CSS to render a mobile-friendly page on smaller devices and a full-size page for wide desktop displays.

Under the covers, CSS is a language that has a syntax for selecting HTML elements and applying style rules to them. Here’s an example.

p {
color: red;
}

The “p” is the CSS selector for the rule. Its job is to find all the “p” elements in a web page. 

The “color: red;” is the rule to apply. Its job is to make the text color red for whatever the CSS selector finds.

So all together, this CSS is saying to make all text in a paragraph the color red. Here’s the result.

Glossary Css Example

Want to try? Play with a live demo by changing the color to blue, green, or yellow.

If you’re new to CSS, we encourage you to learn more about it.

See also CSS Selectors.

 

CSS Selectors #

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A CSS selector is the part of a CSS rule that selects or matches an HTML element. Any element that matches the selector will get or inherit the styles defined by the CSS rule.

A CSS selector can be a CSS class name (e.g., popmake-15), an HTML ID attribute (e.g., button-1), or even a link.

Popup Maker supports CSS selectors in the following ways:

  • For specifying an HTML element to launch a popup when that element is clicked.
  • For triggering a popup to appear after a specific HTML element is scrolled into view (scroll triggered popups).
  • For displaying popups only if any variation of an HTML element exists on a page (advanced targeting conditions).

See also CSS and Advanced Targeting Conditions.

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Debug Mode / Debug Tools #

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Popup Maker contains a set of debugging tools that provide detailed information about plugin settings for each popup. The toolset can be activated either from the plugin Admin or within the browser.  Refer to the related article to enable the debug tools, and learn about the type of information they provide.

Docs / Documentation #

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The set of documentation articles for the Popup Maker plugin. Articles are organized into collections and categories. Collections are the highest-order article grouping organized around a central theme or idea. Categories are small groupings of articles contained in a collection. 

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Extensions and Integrations #

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A general group of plugins that includes both free and premium (paid) plugins.   Premium extensions refer to the 16 premium extensions to the free version of Popup Maker.  

Integrations refers to Popup Maker integration support for WordPress form builder plugins. Refer to the form integration-related article at right for the current list of plugins that integrate with Popup Maker.

Extensions / Extend It / Plugin Extensions #

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Popup Maker provides specialized features through 16 different premium plugin extensions. View the list at the following locations:

You can try all Popup Maker extensions for free on our demo site.

 

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Front End #

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The part of a website that anyone on the Internet can see. Think of this as the public-facing side of your website. The front end is the opposite of the back end or admin part of your site.

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Hooks #

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According to WordPress, “Hooks are a way for one piece of code to interact/modify another piece of code at specific, pre-defined spots.”

In plain English, hooks allow you to add custom code to your WordPress site.

Your custom code can change the default actions and filter the default output for:


  • WordPress core

  • Themes

  • Plugins

For example, if you want to add a top notification banner to a Twenty Twenty-One site, you can use the built-in  wp_body_open action hook. Here’s what that code would look like.

function custom_content_after_body_open_tag() { ?>
<div class="top-banner">This is my cool Top Banner!</div>
<?php }
add_action('wp_body_open', 'custom_content_after_body_open_tag');

And, here’s the result.

Glossary Hooks Example

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Incognito Mode #

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In the Google Chrome browser, opening a browser window in Incognito mode means:

1. You start with a fresh browser session (i.e., no history, no cache, and no cookies).

2. When you close an Incognito window, Chrome does not save your Incognito session’s history, cache, and cookies.

3. Chrome saves only bookmarks and file downloads while in Incognito mode.

Going incognito is great for troubleshooting website problems. That’s why we always suggest you test your site using an Incognito browser window.

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Integrations #

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Integrations mean the WordPress form plugins that Popup Maker has built-in support for. 

These integrations allow you to add supported form plugin shortcodes to the popup editor so a form will render inside a popup on the front end.

See the related article for the current list of plugins supported by Popup Maker, and how to trigger and manage them. 

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Newsletter Provider #

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Popup Maker sells premium plugin extensions to integrate with the  MailChimp and AWeber email marketing apps. Other 3rd party email marketing providers can register their app with Popup Maker via the API properties and methods contained in the class PUM_Newsletter_Providers. 

 

You can try all Popup Maker extensions for free on our demo site.

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Overlay #

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A semi-transparent layer effect that’s behind (or underneath) the popup content and over the page content. The main idea is to slightly obscure the page so the popup gets more attention. Here’s a visual.
A Popup With An Overlay That Dims The Page Content

Above: A popup with an overlay that dims the page content.

You can turn on and off the overlay with the Disable Overlay setting under Popup Settings > Display > Advanced.

To change the overlay’s opacity (transparency) and color, edit your popup’s theme and go to Theme Settings > Overlay.

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P #


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The management area for Popup Maker within the WordPress Admin. 

See also Admin.


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A popup or popup window is a smaller window that “pops up” inside a browser window. Popups appear when some event or action triggers them (e.g., after a click or an amount of time). Popups usually display on top of existing content. You can control how many times a popup appears by setting a cookie.

See also Popup Trigger and Cookies.

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The primary area within the Popup Admin where popups are edited. In the plugin Admin, the Editor is accessed from the All Popups submenu screen. 

 


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A Popup Maker button added to the WordPress Toolbar on the front of each site. Access to the toolbar (and button) requires administrator login.  Use the button to preview popups on the front end, find CSS selectors, and debug popups. 
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A plugin submenu and option tab viewable in the Popup Maker Admin. The page displays 6 popup themes preloaded with the plugin. By default, each new popup is installed with the  Default Theme
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The editor screen where each popup theme is managed and previewed. 
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A popup trigger is an event (e.g., a click or length of time) that makes your popup appear. You must create a popup trigger for your popup to display.

You can create several types of triggers with Popup Maker:

  • Click Open: Displays a popup on a click
  • Time Delay / Auto Open: Displays a popup after an amount of time
  • Form Submission: Displays a popup after a form is submitted
  • Exit Intent (premium): Displays a popup when someone moves their cursor off the body of a page
  • Scroll (premium): Displays a popup when someone scrolls down a percentage of the page or when an element comes into view

To see a list of all premium triggers, visit our popup triggers page.

You can try all Popup Maker extensions for free on our demo site.

Popup Z-Index / Z-Index #


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A CSS property that positions a popup in front of all other content on a screen. You can find the popup z-index setting under the Editor’s Popup Settings > Display > Advanced > Popup Z-Index.

The higher the z-index number is the more the popup will appear “in front” of other elements on a web page.

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Responsive Sizes / Responsive Popups #


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Each popup you create should automatically adjust according to screen size (responsive design). Popup Maker includes 8 responsive display options. You can manage your popup’s size in the Editor’s Popup Settings > Display > Size.

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Shortcode #

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Custom WordPress tags wrapped in square brackets ( [ ] ) that can be added to the post, page, or popup editor. They are used extensively in Popup Maker to provide users with added features in both the free and premium versions of the plugin. 

Shortcode Button #

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A button in the Popup Editor menu that allows users to add a Popup Maker shortcode to the popup editor.

Standard Conditions / Standard Targeting Conditions #

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The set of conditions included with the free version of Popup Maker.

Subscribers #

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A table that contains the data submitted using the Popup Maker Subscription Form shortcode. All subscriber data is stored in a custom database table named ‘wp_pum_subscribers’. The table is accessed through the Admin at ‘Popup Maker’(menu) > ‘Subscribers’ (submenu).

System Info #

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You can find system information about your WordPress site under /wp-admin/ > Tools > Site Health > Info.

According to WordPress documentation, “The info tab is a granular view of the technical aspects of your WordPress website. You can see detailed information about every aspect of your site such as themes, plugins, and media. There is also a useful export feature that allows you to copy all of the information about your site to the clipboard.”

Visit our Create a System Information File About Your Site Setup guide to learn how to save your system info into a file.

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Targeting #

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Targeting is a feature that lets you tell where (and even when) to display popups. You create targeting conditions that give rules or instructions for displaying popups.

Targeting is also the tab name under the Popup Settings where you make targeting conditions. Edit your popup, scroll to Popup Settings, and click Targeting to add and manage your targeting conditions.

Targeting Conditions #

Act like filters #

Targeting conditions are rules you can create to target where your popup will load and appear (and vice versa). Conditions act like filters for your popups.

For example, you can create a condition for a popup to display only on your homepage or for posts.

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No targeting conditions by default #

When you create a new popup, it will have * no* targeting conditions by default. 

Having no targeting conditions makes the popup available on all posts and pages. That means new popups get loaded (and can get triggered to display) on every post or page on your site by default. 

Performance-minded #

We recommend using conditions to limit where a popup loads and appears. Loading your popups only where needed improves your site’s efficiency by not loading extra code.

Edit your popup and go to Popup Settings > Targeting to create your targeting conditions today!

Theme Settings Box #

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The popup theme option settings box in the Popup  Theme Editor. Access in the Admin from ‘Popup Maker’ (menu) >> ‘Popup Themes’ (submenu) >> {name-of-theme} >> Edit (link). 

Theme Preview Box #

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Found in the Popup  Theme Editor,  the preview box is located to the right of the Editor.  Each element of the preview box links to the option setting in the Popup Theme Editor. 

Triggers #


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See Popup Trigger.

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