Thad Allender

GPP Welcome Message Widget is a plugin that adds a widget for easily creating prominent welcome messages.
This plugin is for WordPress 3.0+ only.

GPP Welcome Message Widget

Adds a widget for easily creating prominent welcome messages.

Richard K Miller

James Hunt

What Would Seth Godin Do lets you greet first-time visitors with a tailored welcome message — like an invitation to subscribe to your RSS feed — and show a different (or no) message to people who have already been to your site before.
The plugin stores a small cookie that counts how many times a visitor has been to your site. While the count is at or below the “# of Repetitions” threshold you configure, the new visitor message is shown. Once the visitor exceeds that threshold, the return visitor message appears instead.
Inspired by Seth Godin’s 2006 blog post: <a href="https://seths.blog/2006/08/in_the_middle_s/" rel="nofollow ugc">…in the middle, Starting</a>.
Features:
<ul>
<li>Separate, fully customisable messages for new and returning visitors.</li>
<li>Configurable repetition threshold — choose how many visits count as “new”.</li>
<li>Choose whether messages appear before or after post content, or only where you place the <code><?php wwsgd_the_message(); ?></code> template tag.</li>
<li>Option to show or hide messages on Pages (vs. Posts only).</li>
<li>Exclude specific post or page IDs from showing any message.</li>
<li>No external dependencies; lightweight vanilla JavaScript.</li>
</ul>

What Would Seth Godin Do

Displays a custom welcome message to new visitors and a different message to return visitors using a simple cookie.

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