Title: Simple Welcome Ad
Author: Matt Pramschufer
Published: <strong>14. Juni 2018</strong>
Last modified: 13. Juli 2021

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Simple Welcome Ad

 By [Matt Pramschufer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattpramschufer/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/welcome-ad.1.5.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/welcome-ad/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/welcome-ad/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/welcome-ad/#installation)
 * [Development](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/welcome-ad/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/welcome-ad/)

## Description

This is a super simple plugin which displays a full page welcome ad for visitors.
I created this plugin out of necessity as I needed a welcome ad plugin that would
adhere the new Google Ad Experience guidelines for interstitial ads. The requirements
state that no content can be visible to a user before your interstitial appears,
that means even if your content flashes for a split second before your ad shows 
your site will not pass.

Like the title of the plugin says, this is super simple. The welcome ad has only
a few options, feel free to request new features and I can try to incorporate.

The welcome ad is designed to NOT show on mobile devices only Desktops.

### Features

 * Only displays on Desktop
 * Adjustable Second Countdown Timer
 * Set how long you want ad to be hidden for after someone closes ad
 * Ability to upload background image
 * Ability to change color of welcome ad background
 * NEW Ability to schedule start date and end date for welcome ad to run.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Settings Screen
 * [[
 * Welcome Ad

## Installation

 1. Activate the plugin through the `Plugins` menu in WordPress
 2. Browse through the Welcome Ad settings and enable ad

## FAQ

### I really wish this plugin did XYZ, can you implement

More than likely! Feel free to contact me and suggest features and I will do my 
best to incorporate in.

### Do you offer support?

Yes, I do the absolute best I can to support the free version of the plugin.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/38dc5cb45bc55da6406da5fb037c403b41aab0e75359ca5c589794547b030eeb?
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### 󠀁[Works well and easy to setup](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-well-and-easy-to-setup/)󠁿

 [Eric Shanfelt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/eshanfelt1/) 15. Juni 2018

Our site was flagged by the Google Ad Experience report for the entry-pops we were
using (mostly for serving welcome ads). Google said they’d start blocking ALL ads
on our site on Google Chrome within 30 days. The problem is that most promo tool
like Sumo, Thrive, ConvertPro, etc. show content on a page and then show the entry-
pop. That violates Google’s guidelines. But this plugin shows the entry pop / welcome
ad first with a ghosted image of the site behind it … before it ever shows actual
content. For some reason, this does NOT violate Google Ad Experience guidelines.
Bottom line, we can now serve our welcome ads again without violating the Google
Ad Experience report. Plugin was easy to install and configure, and the developer
has been responsive to new ideas and a couple of feature requests.

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/welcome-ad/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Simple Welcome Ad” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Matt Pramschufer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattpramschufer/)
 *   [ emoxie ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/emoxie/)

[Translate “Simple Welcome Ad” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/welcome-ad)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/welcome-ad/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/welcome-ad/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/welcome-ad/) by 
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/welcome-ad/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.5.0

 * UPDATE – Updated all vendor libraries

#### 1.4.4

 * BUG FIX – Addressed issue where when running WP Rocket caching plugin, welcome
   ad would fire two times before staying hidden.
 * UPDATE – Updated all vendor libraries

#### 1.4.3

 * BUG FIX – Corrected issue with latest version of chrome and e.preventDefault()
 * PATCH – Added in a patch for folks using ConvertPro Exit Pop plugin
 * UPDATE – Refactored javascript to load faster

#### 1.4.2

 * BUG FIX – Fixed issue with welcome ad html being displayed on RSS feeds

#### 1.4.1

 * Added in ability to specify countdown time
 * Added in WP Rocket caching support

#### 1.4.0

 * Complete rewrite of codebase

#### 1.3.1

 * Complete roll back

#### 1.2.0

 * Added in ability to allow for scheduling of the popup

#### 1.1.0

 * Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.5.0**
 *  Last updated **5 Jahren ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.8.13**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/welcome-ad/)
 * Tags
 * [Interstitial](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/interstitial/)[welcome mat](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/welcome-mat/)
   [welcome popup](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/welcome-popup/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/welcome-ad/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 von 5 Sternen.

 *  [  1 5-Sterne-Rezension     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/welcome-ad/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-Sterne-Rezensionen     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/welcome-ad/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-Sterne-Rezensionen     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/welcome-ad/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-Sterne-Rezensionen     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/welcome-ad/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-Sterne-Rezensionen     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/welcome-ad/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/welcome-ad/reviews/#new-post)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Matt Pramschufer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattpramschufer/)
 *   [ emoxie ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/emoxie/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/welcome-ad/)

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