Magnet Genius
Create magnet genius with customizable forms to collect email addresses before providing downloads to your visitors.
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Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Actively maintained • Last updated 82 days ago
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Likely maintained (last update 82 days ago).
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Description
Magnet Genius is a powerful WordPress plugin designed to help you grow your email list by offering downloadable content (magnet genius) in exchange for visitors’ contact information.
Key Features:
- Easy Setup: Create unlimited magnet genius forms with a simple interface
- Flexible Deployment: Display your magnet genius using shortcodes or automatic popups
- Customizable Forms: Customize button text, form title, and more
- Targeted Display: Show your magnet genius forms on specific pages or across your entire site
- Subscriber Management: Track and manage your subscribers from a convenient dashboard
- Download Protection: Securely deliver your files only to confirmed subscribers
- Responsive Design: Works flawlessly on all devices and screen sizes
💬 New Features:
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📲 WhatsApp Welcome Messaging
Instantly send a welcome message to the user’s WhatsApp number when they submit the form. -
🔁 Follow-up Message Scheduling
Add multiple timed follow-up messages using a repeater field. Set the delay using minutes, hours, days, months, or even years — and define custom text for each message. -
⚠️ Visual Warnings with Image Popups
Enhance alert messages with clickable warning labels (e.g., ⚠️Warning⚠️) that display context-specific images from your plugin’s assets folder. No extra library needed. -
🧩 Admin-Friendly Interface
Easy-to-use settings and message list UI built with native WordPress styling — no coding required. -
🔐 Secure & Optimized
Sanitizes and validates all user inputs, uses secure API requests, and adheres to WordPress development standards.
Perfect For:
- Ebooks and PDF guides
- Checklists and worksheets
- Templates and resources
- Free courses and tutorials
- Exclusive content upgrades
How It Works:
- Create a new magnet genius form with your downloadable file
- Configure display settings and customize the form
- Add the shortcode to your content or enable popup mode
- Collect subscriber information and automatically deliver your content
Privacy Considerations:
This plugin collects user email addresses and names. Please ensure your privacy policy addresses this data collection.
External Services
This plugin connects to the Mailchimp API to add subscribers to your selected audience list. This is required to send subscription data from your WordPress site to your Mailchimp account.
It sends the subscriber’s email address, first name, last name (if provided), and other optional fields to Mailchimp when a user submits the subscription form.
The service is provided by Mailchimp (Intuit Inc.):
– Terms of Service: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/
– Privacy Policy: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
Additional Information
Privacy
This plugin collects and stores user email addresses and names when they submit a magnet genius form. This information is stored in your WordPress database and is not shared with any third parties unless you explicitly use an integration that does so.
Credits
Magnet Genius plugin was developed to help WordPress site owners grow their email lists effectively through strategic content upgrades and lead generation campaigns.
Installation
- Upload the
magnet-geniusfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to ‘Magnet Genius’ in your admin menu to create your first magnet genius
Frequently Asked Questions
After creating your magnet genius form, you’ll get a shortcode like [magnet-genius id="1"]. Simply paste this shortcode wherever you want the form to appear.
Yes! The forms use your theme’s styling by default, but you can also customize them with custom CSS.
You can use any file type as your magnet genius: PDFs, ZIP files, images, videos, audio files, etc.
Yes, the plugin maintains a database of all subscribers and tracks when they download your content.
Yes, you can export your subscribers list from the Subscribers page in the admin panel.
While the plugin collects emails independently, we’re planning to add integration with popular email marketing services in future updates.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release



