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Visitors may arrive expecting an offer that is no longer available.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Promo Stop helps you handle expired promotions automatically.<\/strong> Choose your WordPress pages, set an expiration date and customize the message visitors will see. When the deadline is reached, an overlay covers the selected pages and clearly explains that the promotion has ended. The original pages stay published, with their content unchanged.<\/p>\n\n<p>Want to give visitors a useful next step? Add an optional WhatsApp contact button, automatically redirect them to another WordPress page after a set delay, or use both. Manage everything from your WordPress dashboard, without WooCommerce.<\/p>\n\n<h4>How Promo Stop works<\/h4>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Create a promotion rule and give it an internal name.<\/li>\n<li>Select one or more WordPress pages. Use the live search to find pages by title, ID or URL.<\/li>\n<li>Choose an expiration date and time using your WordPress timezone.<\/li>\n<li>Customize the popup title and message, and optionally enable a WhatsApp button and\/or automatic redirect.<\/li>\n<li>Save and activate the rule. After the expiration time, visitors to the selected pages see the overlay.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h4>Key features<\/h4>\n\n<p><strong>Schedule and manage promotions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Automatic expiration overlays:<\/strong> display a popup over selected promotional pages when their scheduled deadline passes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multiple promotion rules:<\/strong> manage different campaigns and see their status and expiration dates in one place.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flexible page selection:<\/strong> assign multiple pages to a rule and find them quickly with live, relevance-ranked search.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quick rule management:<\/strong> create, edit, duplicate, enable, disable or delete rules without changing your page content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Customize what visitors see<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Personalized expiration message:<\/strong> choose the popup heading and message for each promotion.<\/li>\n<li><strong>WhatsApp contact button:<\/strong> optionally display a contact link with your phone number and custom button label.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Popup preview:<\/strong> check how the overlay looks directly from the WordPress admin area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Offer a clear next step<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Optional automatic redirect:<\/strong> send visitors to another WordPress page after a configurable delay.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Countdown and loader:<\/strong> show a visual indicator and countdown while waiting for the redirect.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep pages published:<\/strong> the original promotional pages are not deleted, unpublished or edited by Promo Stop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Useful for<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Black Friday and seasonal offers:<\/strong> let visitors know when a limited-time discount has ended.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advertising landing pages:<\/strong> handle visits to campaign URLs that remain in circulation after the deadline.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Webinars and event registration pages:<\/strong> display an expiration notice when a registration period is over.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Limited-time service promotions:<\/strong> offer a WhatsApp contact option after the promotional price is no longer available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Important to know<\/h4>\n\n<p>Promo Stop uses a <strong>visual overlay<\/strong>, not an HTTP access restriction. Expired pages remain published, and their underlying HTML can still be accessed. Forms, registrations, checkouts and other services on those pages are <strong>not automatically disabled<\/strong>. If an offer must become technically unavailable, disable its registration, checkout or order processing separately. Page caching may also affect when updated expiration settings become visible to visitors.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the plugin folder to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Promo Stop and create your first rule.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"does%20promo%20stop%20unpublish%20or%20delete%20expired%20pages%3F\"><h3>Does Promo Stop unpublish or delete expired pages?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The selected WordPress pages remain published. Promo Stop visually covers their content with an overlay after the configured expiration date and time. 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