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How to Use the Popup Maker Plugin in WordPress?

Before starting the usage of the Popup Maker WordPress plugin, you should register an account in Popup Maker service.
After you register, you can start the creation of your popups.
Check the following articles for detailed steps of popup creation:
How to create a new popup from scratch?
How to create a popup with a template?
First thing you should do to start working with Popup Maker plugin is to connect the plugin to your Popup Maker account via API key.
Click on the Popup Maker menu link and enter your API key to connect to the account.

Enter API key on WordPress

The API key can be found in the Settings section of your Popup Maker service account.
Navigate to the upper right corner to the Account Settings.
Find the Api Key and copy it.

Find and copy API key on WordPress

Now you can paste the copied API key in your Popup Maker WordPress plugin to Connect to Popup Maker. After the plugin is connected to your Popup Maker account, your popups will appear in your WordPress Dashboard.
Enable popups (turn On) to start editing the popups in WordPress (popups are disabled by default)
Click Refresh popups list every time you create a new popup in your Popup Maker account to display them in WordPress.

Display WordPress popups

Click "Edit Settings" for each popup separately to select the options for adding the popups on your WP pages/posts. By default, popups are set to show on all pages and all posts on your site.
Select the posts and the pages you want to show the popup from your list.
Pick the post/page with the "Select target" option and show/hide the popup on selected pages/posts with "Operator" options of "Is" and "Is not".
Click on the plus "+" icon to add more target lists for the popup.
Find the page/post entering the names of the pages/posts in the "Selected pages/posts" section.
All types of posts and pages are included in the selection list, including template pages, category pages, other page/post types which may be custom on your site.
Save the changes and check the pages/posts to see the popups live.

Save WordPress popup changes

Here's how the popup looks on a post:

WordPress popup preview

Check the following video tutorial for detailed steps:

Updated on: 08/12/2020

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