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Choose the one that best fits your needs.<\/p>\n\n<p>Automatic method:<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Login to your WordPress admin and go to <em>Plugins &gt; Add New<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Type \"WelcomeWP\" in the search bar and select this plugin<\/li>\n<li>Click \"Install\", and then \"Activate Plugin\"<\/li>\n<li>See \"After activation\" below<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>Manual method:<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Download the plugin from WordPress.org<\/li>\n<li>Unzip and Upload the directory <code>welcomewp<\/code> to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress<\/li>\n<li>See \"After activation\" below<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>After activation:<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Locate Greeters link in the WordPress dashboard navigation menu (sidebar)<\/li>\n<li>Add, Edit, or Remove a Greeter (Greeter = welcome message)<\/li>\n<li>Set global settings in <em>Settings &gt; WelcomeWP<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id='what%20is%20a%20welcome%20message%20%3F'><h3>What is a welcome message ?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>It is a short text within in a small window that appears in a front of the website content at the bottom corner at the screen, without causing a lot of distraction for visitors.<\/p>\n\n<p>A website visitor can close the message when needed.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='how%20the%20plugin%20works%20%3F'><h3>How the plugin works ?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>After installing and activating the plugin, Greeters link is added to sidebar in dashboard.<\/p>\n\n<p>The role of a Greeter is to deliver a welcome message to website visitors (Greeter = welcome message).<\/p>\n\n<p>The Greeters functionality has a similar interface to Posts and Pages. It allows to create, edit and remove messages.<\/p>\n\n<p>The plugin allows to have a maximum of three (3) active greeters with different display options.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here is a list of available display options:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Inactive<\/strong> - Greeter with this option is not visible to any website visitors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>All pages<\/strong> - Greeter with this option displays a welcome message on all pages of a website, unless other greeters with Singular or Archive display option are set.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Singular views<\/strong> - Greeter with this option displays a welcome message in single-view pages.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Archive views<\/strong> - Greeter with this option displays a welcome message in archive views, including a blog page.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/dd>\n<dt id='is%20a%20welcome%20message%20customizable%3F'><h3>Is a welcome message customizable?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. 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After clicking either on the image or short text, your message becomes visible. This type of a welcome message becomes active when you add text to the content area, set the featured image and enters a short text to the excerpt field.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Short text with hidden message<\/strong>: Initially, only a short text is shown as your welcome message. After clicking on the text, your message becomes visible. This type of a welcome message becomes active when you add text to the content area and to the excerpt field but without setting the featured image.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Additionally, the plugin allows to set custom colors for a welcome message, change its position on the screen and configure a display option.<\/p>\n\n<p>Note, each message includes a close button for a better user experience<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='how%20the%20close%20button%20works%3F'><h3>How the close button works?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The plugin uses cookie web technology to let the user's browser know which message, based on message ID, should be marked as closed, after the user clicks close button.<\/p>\n\n<p>This marking has an expiration time, which is by default 5 minutes. The plugin allows to configure it (<em>Settings &gt; WelcomeWP<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n<p>Also, the user can clear this information from browser any time using browser cleaning functionality.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='where%20to%20report%20a%20bug%3F'><h3>Where to report a bug?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Please use a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/plugin\/welcomewp\/\">support forum<\/a>.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.0.4 - August 24, 2023<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Update formatting in files;<\/li>\n<li>Fix: undefined variable issue in Search archives;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.3 - February 17, 2023<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Update: bump up Tested Up To version;<\/li>\n<li>Fix: style inconsistency in button element in plugin settings page;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.2 - August 06, 2022<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Update: improve spacing in the footer area of a main content in a welcome message;<\/li>\n<li>Update: improve spacing in the header area of a welcome message;<\/li>\n<li>Fix: potential background issue in the close button of a welcome message;<\/li>\n<li>Fix: missing onboarding help when plugin is installed;<\/li>\n<li>Fix: overflow issue in a welcome message;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.1 - July 21, 2022<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Add: minified version for each stylesheet;<\/li>\n<li>Add: onboarding functionality;<\/li>\n<li>Add: minified version for each script;<\/li>\n<li>Update: directory structure for styles;<\/li>\n<li>Update: load minified version of back-end settings script when needed;<\/li>\n<li>Update: display onboarding hint when plugin installed and activated;<\/li>\n<li>Update: load minified version of front-end script when needed;<\/li>\n<li>Update: documentation for installation;<\/li>\n<li>Update: use WordPress selected color scheme for onboarding hints;<\/li>\n<li>Update: display onboarding hints only when no messages have been created yet;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.0 - July 06, 2022<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Initial beta release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"A simple and easy way to create a welcome message on a WordPress website.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/159769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159769"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/taskotr"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=159769"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=159769"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=159769"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=159769"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=159769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}