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What Would Seth Godin Do

by James Hunt

4.8
(10 ratings)

What Would Seth Godin Do lets you greet first-time visitors with a tailored welcome message — like an invitation to subscribe to your RSS feed — and show a different (or no) message to people who have already been to your site before.

The plugin stores a small cookie that counts how many times a visitor has been to your site. While the count is at or below the “# of Repetitions” threshold you configure, the new visitor message is shown. Once the visitor exceeds that threshold, the return visitor message appears instead.

Inspired by Seth Godin’s 2006 blog post: …in the middle, Starting.

Features:

  • Separate, fully customisable messages for new and returning visitors.
  • Configurable repetition threshold — choose how many visits count as “new”.
  • Choose whether messages appear before or after post content, or only where you place the <?php wwsgd_the_message(); ?> template tag.
  • Option to show or hide messages on Pages (vs. Posts only).
  • Exclude specific post or page IDs from showing any message.
  • No external dependencies; lightweight vanilla JavaScript.

Support & Feature Requests

I am actively working on What Would Seth Godin Do. If you have a support issue or have feedback or feature requests, I would love to hear it in the Support Forum.

Screenshots

What Would Seth Godin Do - Settings Page.

What Would Seth Godin Do - Settings Page.

What Would Seth Godin Do - Frontend display of message.

What Would Seth Godin Do - Frontend display of message.

Plugin Details

Active Installs
900
Total Downloads
223,190
Version
2.2.1
Requires WP
6.0
Requires PHP
7.4
Tested Up To
7.0.4
Added
2008-11-05
Last Updated
2026-05-20 3:24pm GMT

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