=== CM Pop-Up - Create engaging popups to capture attention and boost interaction  ===
Author URI: https://www.cminds.com/
Author: CreativeMindsSolutions
Contributors: CreativeMindsSolutions
Tags: popup, popups, popup builder, popup maker, wp popup
Requires at least: 5.4.0
Tested up to: 7.0
Stable Tag: 1.8.6
Requires PHP: 5.2.4
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Create and customize popups. Display messages, Call to actions, promotions, or announcements to engage visitors and boost interaction.

== Description ==

[Pro Plugin Page](https://www.cminds.com/wordpress-plugins-library/cm-pop-up-banners-plugin-for-wordpress/) | [Videos](https://www.videolessonsplugin.com/video-lesson/lesson/popup-banners-plugin/) | [User Guide](https://creativeminds.helpscoutdocs.com/category/350-pop-up-banners-cmpb) | [Demo](https://www.knowledgetrail.com/pop-up-banner-2/)

**Improve the user experience of your WordPress website by integrating responsive popup campaigns that are easy to use. Boost the effectiveness of promoting your products or services by incorporating responsive popup alerts.**

The popup plugin offers support for different popup types such as HTML popups, image popups, and video popups. It includes an ad designer that allows users to create and show popup content customized to their preferences. 

Furthermore, users have the option to select the post type where the popup will be displayed, and with the pro version, they can even choose a specific post or page for their popup to appear on.

### Popup Maker Plugin Premium Edition

The [Popup Maker Plugin Premium editions](https://www.cminds.com/wordpress-plugins-library/cm-pop-up-banners-plugin-for-wordpress/) includes even more powerful features, such as: forms builder and forms support, more advanced popup trigers, more options to manage popup campaigns, statistics and much more.

### Popup Maker Plugin Introduction Video (Pro Version)

[vimeo https://vimeo.com/128559587]

== Popup Plugin Use Cases ==

* **Conversion** – Engage your visitors by providing them discount codes on pages of specific categories, such as beauty products, law practice or healthcare services.
* **Lead Generation** – Add a “Subscribe” popup with and embedded form shown only to guest users and boost your newsletter user base.
* **Advertising** – Display random AdSense campaigns based on different criteria. For more advanced advertisement use, we recommend the Advanced Ad Campaigns Manager and Server Plugin for WordPress.
* **Multimedia Hub** – Include banners with images, galleries, videos and HTML content anywhere on your site.

== Basic Popup Plugin Features ==

* Create Popup Campaigns.
* Customize popups with HTML, images and videos.
* AdDesigner: Create a custom popup look to match your site’s branding.
* Restrict by Page/Post/Custom Post Types: Choose which pages or posts your popup will appear on.

== Popup Plugin usage instructions ==

* 1) Go to "Add New Campaign".
* 2) Fill the "Title" of the campaign and "content" of the Advertisement Item.
* 3) Configure Basic Visual settings.
* 4) Check "Show on every page" or choose specific post or pages where you want to display the popup.
* 5) Click "Save Changes".
* 6) Go to the relevant page of your website where you chose to show the popup.
* 7) Watch the popup with Advertisement Item.
* 8) Close the popup by clicking the "X" icon.

== Pro Version Features ==

[Pro Version Detailed Features List](https://www.cminds.com/wordpress-plugins-library/pop-up-banners-plugin-for-wordpress/#features)

* Extended Set of PopUp Types: Choose between popup, fly-in and full-screen options.
* Campaign Statistics: Track popup clicks and impressions in an easy-to-use popup port tab.
* Restrict by URL: Choose specific URL your pop up campaign will appear on.
* Responsive: Fully responsive with the option to turn display of popups on mobile off.
* Restrict by Period: Choose the start and end times for your popup ad campaign to run.
* Restrict by days of the week: Define specific days of the week that the popup campaign will run on.
* Random popup Campaigns.
* Custom Effects: Define PopUp visual and audio effects.
* Add Delay: Add a delay between the time that the page loads and the popup appears.
* Option to setup display interval: On every page load, one per each page, and more.
* Trigger popup or fly-in on JS hover or click events.
* Page leave intent detection PopUp: Detect when user moves cursor to close the tab and in such event show the popup.
* Inactivity detection: You can show the popup when user is inactive for X seconds (not moving the mouse and not typing).
* Show X amount of times per customer: You can define that the campaign will show X amount of time per a specific customer until it stops.
* Target Specific Users: Set pop up campaign to target logged-in or non-logged-in users.
* Popup Overlay Effects: Add blur or semi-transparent color overlays behind the popup for better focus and visual appeal.
* Inner Border Styling: Add and customize an inner border around the popup banner to match your site’s design.
* Popup Shadow Customization: Add a shadow around the popup and adjust its size, color, and intensity.
* Custom Close Button: Customize the look and position of the close button for each popup individually.
* Sticky Trigger Button: Display a button on the page that users can click to open the popup manually, instead of showing it automatically.
* Multiple Popups Display: Show multiple popups on the same page and control their stacking order using individual z-index settings.

== Follow Us ==

[Blog](https://www.cminds.com/category/wordpress/) | [Twitter](http://twitter.com/cmplugins) | [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/creativeminds) | [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/cmindschannel) | [Pinterest](http://www.pinterest.com/cmplugins/) | [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/cmplugins/)

== Suggested WordPress Plugins by CreativeMinds ==

List of all [WordPress Plugins](https://www.cminds.com) by CreativeMinds

* [CM Ad Changer](https://adchanger.cminds.com/) - Manage, Track and Report Advertising Campaigns Across Sites. Can turn your Turn your WP into an Ad Server.
* [CM Tooltip Glossary](https://glossaryplugin.com/) - Easily creates a Glossary, Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of your website's terms and shows them as a tooltip in posts and pages when hovering. With many more powerful features.
* [CM Restrict Content](http://restrictcontent.com/) - A full-featured, powerful membership solution and content restriction plugin for WordPress. Support access by role to content on your site.
* [CM OnBoarding](https://onboardingplugin.com/) - Superb Guidance tool which improves the online experience and the user satisfaction.

== Installation ==

1. Upload `cm-pop-up-banners-for-wordpress` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
2. Activate the Popup plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

== Screenshots ==

1. General Settings
2. Managing Popup Campaigns
3. Creating Popup Campaign
4. Campaign Settings - Basic Visual
5. Campaign Settings - Activity
6. Popup Campaign - Front-end Example

== Changelog ==

= 1.8.5 =
Release Date: 15 Jul 2025
* Added restriction so that only admin user able to see preview of popup campaign

= 1.8.4 =
Release Date: 12 Jun 2025
* Added restrictions for deactivating a plugin and send reason should be admin user

= 1.8.3 =
Release Date: 27 May 2025
* Added new settings as a showcase

= 1.8.2 =
Release Date: 15 May 2025
* Updated pricing

= 1.8.1 =
* Bugfix related to popup load with specific post/page

= 1.8.0 =
Release Date: 14 Apr 2025
* Improvements

= 1.7.10 =
Release Date: 14 Mar 2025
* Updated pricing

= 1.7.9 =
Release Date: 07 Mar 2025
* Fixed PHP notices 

= 1.7.8 =
Release Date: 06 Mar 2025
* Fixed fatal error related to get_current_user() function

= 1.7.7 =
Release Date: 07 Jan 2025
* Fixed vulnerability issue

= 1.7.6 =
Release Date: 18 Nov 2024
* Fixed security (medium) issue

= 1.7.5 =
Release Date: 06 Nov 2024
* Added pro version settings as a showcase

= 1.7.4 =
Release Date: 09 Oct 2024
* Fixed security issues

= 1.7.3 =
Release Date: 19 Aug 2024
* Used wp_add_inline_script() instead of wp_localize_script()

= 1.7.2 =
Release Date: 05 Aug 2024
* Resolved calling get_class() without arguments is deprecated issue

= 1.7.1 =
Release Date: 30 Jul 2024
* Fixed multiple encoded content issue with popup

= 1.7.0 =
Release Date: 22 Jul 2024
* Fixed content issue with popup

= 1.6.9 =
Release Date: 10 Jul 2024
* Fixed encoded content issue with popup content

= 1.6.8 =
Release Date: 23 Jun 2024
* Fixed vulnerability issue with popup content

= 1.6.7 =
Release Date: 13 Jun 2024
* Fixed bug related to strip HTML tags from banner content

= 1.6.6 =
Release Date: 31 May 2024
* Fixed old saved campaign data

= 1.6.5 =
Release Date: 25 May 2024
* Fixed bug

= 1.6.4 =
Release Date: 21 May 2024
* Fixed bug related to activity

= 1.6.3 =
Release Date: 18 May 2024
* Fixed security issues

= 1.6.2 =
Release Date: 28 December 2023
* Fixed error

= 1.6.1 =
Release Date: 25 December 2023
* Update package info

= 1.6.0 =
Release Date: 25 Apr 2023
* Fixed bug related to statistics

= 1.5.10 =
Release Date: 22nd Mar 2023
* Update package info

= 1.5.9 =
Release Date: 2nd Nov 2022
* Update support links

= 1.5.8 =
Release Date: 2nd Nov 2022
* Update shortcode in settings view file