Description
Lifter Image Popups is a lightweight WordPress plugin for showing simple image notices, announcements, and important popups without a heavy popup builder.
It is built for site owners who need to display a regulatory notice, a finance or IPO announcement, or any important image-based message to their visitors — with no bloat and no unnecessary dependencies.
Features:
- Create multiple popups using a simple Custom Post Type
- Attach any image from your Media Library as the popup content
- Optional click-through URL (opens in same tab or new tab)
- Target by page rule: all pages, home only, or custom URL match
- Show to all visitors or admin-only (for testing)
- Delay popup appearance by a configurable number of seconds
- Show-once option with cookie-based suppression
- Configurable cookie duration
- Priority system — when multiple popups match a page, the one with the lowest priority number wins
- Accessible: focus-trapped dialog with keyboard (Escape) and overlay-click close
- Zero jQuery on the frontend — vanilla ES5 JavaScript
- No external dependencies
Installation
- Upload the
lifter-image-popupsfolder to/wp-content/plugins/ - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
- Navigate to Lifter Image Popups in the admin menu
- Click Add New Popup, give it a title, select an image, configure settings, and publish
FAQ
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Does this plugin support text or HTML popups?
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Not currently. Lifter Image Popups is focused on image-based popups. Text/HTML support may be added in a future release.
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How does the priority system work?
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Each popup has a priority number (default 10). When multiple published popups are eligible for the same page, only the one with the lowest priority number is shown. Lower number = higher priority.
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Can I show a popup only to logged-in admins?
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Yes. Set the Audience option to “Admin only” to restrict the popup to users with the
manage_optionscapability. Useful for testing before showing to all visitors. -
Will the popup show again after a visitor closes it?
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If “Show once per visitor” is enabled, a cookie is set when the popup opens. The popup will not show again until the cookie expires (configurable via “Cookie duration”). Admins always bypass the cookie check.
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Where is the popup inserted in the page?
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The popup is output at
wp_body_open(with awp_footerfallback), then moved to the<body>root via JavaScript to avoid stacking context issues with theme containers.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial public release as Lifter Image Popups
- Image popup with click-through URL support
- Page targeting: all pages, home only, custom URL contains
- Audience targeting: all users or admin only
- Delay, show-once, and cookie duration controls
- Priority-based popup selection