Murls Smart Popups

Murls Smart Popups is the cleanest, most store-owner-friendly popup plugin on WordPress.org. Create stunning announcement popups, flash sale banners, and promotional overlays in minutes — directly from your WordPress dashboard. No page builders, no shortcodes, no monthly fees. Built from the ground up for WooCommerce store owners who want results without complexity.

⭐ Zero external requests. Zero tracking. Zero subscriptions. 100% free.

Why Murls Smart Popups Is Different Most popup plugins are built for developers. Murls Smart Popups is built for you — the store owner who needs to launch a Black Friday popup at 11pm without calling a developer. Every detail has been thought through. The admin is clean and fast. The popups look professional on every screen. And the smart cookie system means you never have to worry about showing outdated offers to your visitors. Key Features 🎨 Live Popup Preview See exactly how your popup will look as you type — badge, heading, message, image, and button update in real time inside the editor. What you see is what your visitors get. 📍 Desktop & Mobile Position Control Place your popup anywhere on screen using an intuitive visual grid — top left, center, bottom right, and 6 more positions. Set a separate position for mobile. All without touching CSS. 🏷️ Badge, Heading, Message & Button Build fully structured popups with an optional badge pill (e.g. "🔥 Flash Sale"), a bold heading, your message body, and a call-to-action button with a custom URL. Every element is optional — use what you need. 🍪 Smart Cookie Management You control how often each popup appears — every visit, once per hour, once per day, once per week, once per month, or once per browser forever. Each popup has its own independent cookie. 🔄 Automatic Cookie Reset on Content Update Change your offer or update your image? Every visitor automatically sees the new version — even if they already dismissed the previous one. No manual cache clearing, no developer needed. 🖼️ One-Click Image Picker Add images to your popups directly from your WordPress Media Library. Images display beautifully at the top of the popup without breaking the layout on any screen size. ⚡ Zero Performance Impact No scripts. No stylesheets. Zero frontend overhead — unless you have at least one active popup. Your Core Web Vitals score is completely untouched when popups are inactive. 🔒 Privacy First — No Data Collection No visitor tracking. No analytics sent to external servers. No third-party requests of any kind. The only browser storage used is a small dismissal cookie on your own domain. Fully GDPR-friendly. ♿ Accessibility Ready ARIA roles, aria-modal, aria-label, and keyboard navigation (Escape to close) built in from day one. Works with screen readers out of the box. 🌍 Translation Ready Every visible string uses WordPress translation functions with the murls-smart-popups text domain. Translate using Loco Translate, WPML, or any standard WordPress workflow. 🗑️ Clean Uninstall Delete the plugin and every trace is removed from your database automatically — on single sites and across every site in a Multisite network. Perfect For

• WooCommerce store owners running flash sales, seasonal campaigns, and promotional offers
• Shop owners announcing new products, restocks, free shipping thresholds, or limited-time discounts
• Small business websites sharing important announcements, opening hours, or event details
• Bloggers & content creators driving traffic to featured content or growing their email list
• Agencies & freelancers managing multiple client sites on WordPress Multisite

How the Smart Cookie Reset Works Every popup in Murls Smart Popups carries an internal content version number. When you save a popup, the plugin computes a hash of your badge, heading, message, image, and button. If anything changed, the version increments — say from v2 to v3. The visitor's browser cookie is tied to the version number. So a cookie for "v2" is simply ignored when the popup becomes "v3." Your visitors always see your latest offer — automatically, with zero effort on your part. Premium Add-ons (Coming Soon) Extend Murls Smart Popups with purpose-built extensions for serious store owners:

• 🎯 Exit Intent — Catch visitors the moment before they leave
• 📧 Email Capture & Mailchimp — Grow your list directly inside popups
• ⏰ Time Delay & Scroll Trigger — Show popups at exactly the right moment
• 🛒 WooCommerce Cart Booster — Trigger popups based on cart value or contents
• 📊 Analytics & Conversion Tracking — See impressions, dismissals, and click-through rates
• 🧪 A/B Testing — Run split tests and auto-promote the winning variant
• ⏳ Countdown Timer — Create urgency with live countdown clocks
• 🎯 Page-Level Targeting — Show specific popups only on chosen pages or products
• 🌐 Geo-Location Targeting — Target visitors by country or region
• 👤 User Role Targeting — Different offers for logged-in vs logged-out visitors

View all add-ons and extensions →

From WordPress Admin (Recommended)

1. Go to Plugins → Add New in your WordPress dashboard.
2. Search for Murls Smart Popups.
3. Click Install Now, then Activate.
4. Go to Murls Smart Popups in your sidebar and create your first popup.

Manual Upload

1. Download the plugin .zip from WordPress.org.
2. Go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
3. Upload the zip and click Install Now, then Activate.
4. Go to Murls Smart Popups in your sidebar to get started.

Creating Your First Popup

1. Click + Add New Popup in the Murls Smart Popups screen.
2. Enter a Popup Name (internal only — visitors never see this).
3. Optionally add a Badge, Heading, and your Message.
4. Optionally add a Call to Action button with a label and URL.
5. Optionally pick an image from your Media Library.
6. Set Status to Active and choose your cookie timing.
7. Select your Desktop and Mobile popup position.
8. Click Save Popup — your popup is live instantly.

1.4.7

• Added: Live Preview card — sticky sidebar panel that updates in real time as you type badge, heading, message, and button fields. Collapsible with state saved across page loads.
• Added: Popup Position control — visual 3x3 desktop grid with mini browser wireframe mockups and a 3-option mobile phone grid. Separate position settings for desktop and mobile.
• Added: Badge Label field — optional pill badge displayed above the popup heading.
• Added: Popup Heading field — bold headline shown above the message text.
• Added: Call to Action Button — Button Label and URL fields, rendered as a full-width styled button inside the popup.
• Improved: Form restructured into focused cards — Popup Content (name, badge, heading, message), Call to Action Button (label + URL side by side), Popup Image, Settings, Cookie and Visibility, Popup Position.
• Improved: Frontend popup layout — image, badge, heading, message, and button all centred and properly spaced. Image capped at 260px max-height with object-fit cover so tall images never break the layout.
• Improved: Mobile popup slides up from the bottom for a native app feel. Desktop positions animate from the correct direction (top positions slide down, others slide up).
• Improved: CTA button includes hover, focus-visible, and active states for full accessibility.
• Improved: content_hash now includes all new fields — editing badge, heading, or button automatically invalidates visitor cookies so everyone sees the updated popup.

1.2.0

• Added: WordPress Media Library image picker.
• Added: Configurable cookie expiry — session, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or forever.
• Added: Smart content versioning — updating popup content automatically resets visitor cookies.
• Added: Multisite support in uninstall handler.
• Improved: Full WordPress Coding Standards compliance.
• Improved: All strings translatable.

1.0.0

• Initial release. Popup list, add/edit/delete, and active/inactive status toggle.