ExS Modal Widget Area Reviews, Downloads & Maintenance

ExS Modal Widget Area will add a new widget area on your ‘Appearance – Widgets’ admin screen. After that you can add a class to any of your menu item or any HTML element or provide CSS selector of any element that can be clicked to show your widgets in the modal pop-up window. It can be also auto displayed by providing timeout in the widget area settings and also can be shown only once if the appropriate Cookie ID is provided.

MODAL WIDGET AREA DEMO

Features

Display any content in modal popup window using any widget
Completely free
Micro size (15kB plugin full zip, 3kB of CSS and 1kB of JS)
No 3rd party dependencies (plugins, libraries, jQuery etc.)
Any theme compatible
Show by any element click
Show by timeout on page load (useful for subscribe or promo banners)
Show only once setting
Fully customizable width, paddings, colors, close button, background, custom close selector, custom open selector etc.

Support

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Installation

Automatic installation

Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don’t even need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install, log in to your WordPress admin panel, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.

In the search field type “ExS Modal Widget Area” and click Search Plugins. Once you’ve found the plugin you can view details about it such as the point release, rating and description. Most importantly of course, you can install it by clicking Install Now.

Manual installation

The manual installation method involves downloading the plugin and uploading it to your web server via your favorite FTP application.

Download the plugin file to your computer and unzip it
Using an FTP program, or your hosting control panel, upload the unzipped plugin folder to your WordPress installation’s wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin from the Plugins menu within the WordPress admin.

Getting started

Once installed:

Go to your Appearance -> Widgets admin menu and add our widgets in the ExS Modal Widget Area. After that go to your Appearance -> Customize -> ExS Modal Widget Area and set your modal widget area options

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I add widgets in modal?

After plugin activation go to Appearance – Widgets screen and add your widgets to the “ExS Modal Widget Area” as any regular widget area

How can I display my widgets in modal?

Login into your dashboard, go to your Appearance – Widgets screen and add your widgets to the “ExS Modal Widget Area”
Go to Appearance – Customize – ExS Modal Widget Area to set your modal widget area settings
To open modal by menu item click add a custom class ‘exs-modal-activate’ to your menu item

How can I show the modal widget area by clicking on a menu item?

Go to Appearance – Menus
Add a ‘Custom Link’ with ‘#;’ URL value and any text
Make sure that ‘CSS Classes’ checkbox is checked into your Screen Options (see screenshots)
Add a custom class ‘exs-modal-activate’ to your menu item (see screenshots)

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Screenshots

Modal Widget Area Customizer Options
Widget area widget backend example
Widget area widget frontend example

Changelog

1.0.2

September, 13, 2024
High content height for modal window fixed.
Widgets admin screen – preview for legacy widgets fixed.

1.0.1

July, 9, 2024
Text domain fix.

1.0.0

May, 29, 2024
Initial release.

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