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title: Time Delay /  Auto Open Settings Cheat Sheet
description: "## Time Delay / Auto Open Settings The **Time Delay / Auto Open** trigger has only 2 settings: - **Delay**: The time to wait before automatically opening a popup - **Cookie**: Choose which cookies you want to prevent the repeat…"
url: "https://wppopupmaker.com/docs/triggering-popups/time-delay-auto-open-settings-cheat-sheet/"
updated: "2025-04-03"
category: Using Popup Maker / Triggering Popups
---

# Time Delay /  Auto Open Settings Cheat Sheet

## Time Delay / Auto Open Settings

The **Time Delay / Auto Open** trigger has only 2 settings:

- **Delay**: The time to wait before automatically opening a popup
- **Cookie**: Choose which cookies you want to prevent the repeat displaying of your popup

You'll need to [add a trigger](https://wppopupmaker.com/docs/getting-started/add-a-popup-trigger/) or [edit an existing](https://wppopupmaker.com/docs/getting-started/add-a-popup-trigger/#other-actions) **Time Delay / Auto Open **trigger to get to those settings.

We'll guide you through the details of the **Delay** and **Cookie **settings in this cheat sheet.

## General

After adding or editing a  **Time Delay / Auto Open **trigger, you'll see the **Time Delay Settings** modal window. The **General**settings display by default.

![file AvgCTp4NEb](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/559c68b9e4b03e788eda1692/images/60f12d1a766e8844fc3471b2/file-AvgCTp4NEb.jpg)

In the screen capture above, we have the **Delay** set for 1000 milliseconds (1 second)** **and the **Cookie Name** set as pum-16.

### Delay

The **Delay** is how long your popup will wait before appearing. The default delay time is 500ms or 0.5 seconds.  

**Note**: 1,000ms equals 1 second, 1,500ms is the same as 1.5 seconds, 2,000ms is 2 seconds, and so on.

To choose your delay time, you have the following options:

- Drag the slider to the right or left to increase or decrease the number of milliseconds
- Enter the number of milliseconds into the input field
- Click the + or - button to increase or decrease the number of milliseconds

### Cookie Name

You'll need to already have a [cookie](https://wppopupmaker.com/docs/getting-started/popup-maker-glossary-of-terms/#cookies) set up for your **Click Open** trigger. 

No worries if you don't have a cookie yet. Popup Maker conveniently lets you add a new cookie for your trigger right from the **Cookie Name** setting field.

![file](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/559c68b9e4b03e788eda1692/images/612e1fba6c65aa15b87d5cbc/file-UNKtdQx5Rn.png)

Click the **Cookie Name** input field. Select an existing cookie or **Add New Cookie** if you don't have one yet.

Popup Maker will have a default cookie named `pum-nnn` (where *nnn* is the popup's ID number) ready for you to use. Or, you can provide a custom name for any cookie you set up.

See our [Cookies options guide](https://wppopupmaker.com/docs/controlling-popups/popup-settings-box-cookies-option-settings/#add_new_cookie) to learn more about creating cookies for your popup trigger.