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Popupper Version 1.6 for Wordpress

Announcing Popupper 1.6, this is a plugin for Wordpress versions 2.5 and greater that allows a blogger to insert links that when the reader mouses over the links it shows a popup, like this one. It is available for download as a .zip file (351K). You can get the official version from wordpress.org here.

The complexity here is that popups require that there is Javascript in the post that the reader sees. But, it would not be secure to allow any old blogger to put Javascript in their posts. This plugin puts the Javascript into the post in a secure manner, all the blogger needs to do is click on button.

Wordpress Version Supported: I wrote this plugin on top of Wordpress 2.5. I then upgraded to Wordpress 2.6.3 and it continued to work without any issues. I currently use it on my own blog running Wordpress 2.6.3. I also use it on another blog running Wordpress 2.8.4. I plan to keep it working with each latest release of Wordpress, and the the beta stream of releases, but I probably won’t backport it to old versions of Wordpress unless there is heavy demand (and/or a large paypal donation).

Donate

Like it? Use it in your own blog? Send me a message. If you really like it (or use this plugin at a commercial blog), why not donate? I guarantee that will get my attention on any bug or feature request.


In case you missed the links earlier, you can Download the .zip file (351K).

Steps to Install

  1. Download plugin and unzip.
  2. Upload the plugin file to your WordPress plugins directory inside of wp-content.
  3. Activate it from the plugins menu inside of WordPress.

User Guide

  • Popupper adds a button to the page and post writing toolbar in Wordpress

  • To create a popup, select the text you want to convert into a link, then click on the Create Popup button.

  • Next, fill out a dialog box to create your new popup.

  • You’re done. Click on Preview this Page to see your popup in action.

Credits

The Popupper Plugin is built on top of the Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI), I would recommend it to any AJAX/Javascript developer.

The Popupper v1.6 icon, is taken from the Silk set of FamFamFam.

One last time… you can Download the .zip file (351K) here.

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