Interrupting someone mid sentence is rude; catching them once they have stopped reading is not.
After Inactivity waits for a stretch of no scrolling, typing or movement, then opens the popup.
For every Popup Builder setting in one place, see the Popup Builder block guide.
Before You Start
- Edition: Pro — the Popup Builder block is part of Nexter Blocks Pro.
- Block to enable: Popup Builder, switched on under Nexter > Blocks in your WordPress dashboard.
- The popup’s content decided: a short message, a form, or a saved pattern to load into it.
Learn via Video Tutorial
Steps
- Add the Popup Builder block to your page and click Design from Scratch.
- In the Content panel, choose a Type and set the popup’s size.
- Set Content Type and add what the popup should show.
- Open Display Conditions and switch After Inactivity on.
- Set how many seconds of quiet should pass before the popup opens.
- Publish the page and test it on the front end.
A popup can have more than one display condition switched on at once. Leave On Button Click on only if you also want the button to open it.
How It Behaves
- The seconds you set are written into the page and the script counts idle time from there.
- Any activity resets the count, so an engaged reader is not interrupted.
- It works on touch devices as well as desktop, which makes it a good partner for exit intent.
- Switch On Button Click off if the popup should only appear this way.
Limitations
- Pro only.
- A visitor reading a long passage without scrolling counts as inactive, so do not set the delay too short.
- Idle time is counted per page view, so moving to another page starts the count again.
- It cannot tell the difference between someone thinking and someone who has walked away.
Troubleshooting
The popup opens while people are still reading
Raise the number of seconds. Ten to twenty is usually safer than five on a text heavy page.
It never opens
Check the seconds field is filled in and that the condition is switched on, then test on the published page.
