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In this article
  • Step 1 | Add a popup
  • Step 2 | Customize your popup
  • Step 3 | Adjust the popup settings
  • FAQs
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  4. Adding and customizing elements
  5. Containers and boxes
  6. Wix Editor: Adding and Setting up a Popup

Wix Editor: Adding and Setting up a Popup

In this article
  • Step 1 | Add a popup
  • Step 2 | Customize your popup
  • Step 3 | Adjust the popup settings
  • FAQs
Add a popup to grab your visitors' attention and showcase important announcements and information. You can add elements to the popup message, decide when it's triggered, and even choose how visitors close it.
A GIF showing a lightbox popping up on a Wix live site.

Step 1 | Add a popup

Add a popup to begin creating something interactive and informative for your site visitors. There are a range of templates and types to choose from, such as "Welcome" and "Contact".

To add a popup:

  1. Click Add Elements   on the left side of the editor.
  2. Click Interactive.
  3. Select a category under Popups.
  4. Click or drag your chosen popup to add it to your site.
Add elements panel showing popups.

Step 2 | Customize your popup

Next, start building the popup and designing the way it looks. You can customize existing elements and add elements like text, buttons, forms, images and much more. Make sure that the elements you add are smaller than the popup so that they fit inside of it.

To add elements to a popup:

  1. Click Pages & Menu  on the left side of the editor.
  2. Click Popups.
  3. Select the relevant popup to view it.
  4. Click the popup on the canvas.
  5. Start customizing your popup:
    • Add more elements.
      Tip: When dragging the element from the Add Elements panel, drop it when you see the "Attach to Popup" message.
    • Click existing elements to edit them. 
    • Change the popup background and the overlay around it. 
Note:
When you add a popup, you enter Popup Mode. This allows you to set up and edit your popup. To go back to the regular editor, click  Exit Mode on the top bar.
Screenshot of Popup mode in editor.

Step 3 | Adjust the popup settings

After designing your popup message, decide when, where and how it appears to visitors. You can set the popup to show automatically once the page loads, or link it to an element that visitors need to click.  
You can also schedule your popup to appear at a certain time (e.g. a specific holiday season), and decide how visitors exit the popup. 

To adjust the popup settings:

  1. Click Pages & Menu  on the left side of the editor.
  2. Click Popups.
  3. Select the relevant popup to view it.
  4. Click the popup on the canvas.
  5. Click Set Triggers.
  6. Adjust the popup settings:
Popup settings panel scteenshot.
What's next?
Customize your popup's design and position to further personalize your site's announcements. Learn how to customize a popup

FAQs

Click below to read answers to our most frequently asked questions about popups:

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