upPrev WordPress Plugin – Cool Animated Flyout

I was browsing hgcoupon.com and read an article creating a website in less than 5 minutes. I scrolled down as I read the article I was reading.

When I reached the end of the article, a flyout box showed up at the very right bottom of the page.

It immediately caught my attention because I was not expecting something to popup or show up in that bottom corner. It’s either an flyout advertisement or some type of facebook chat window.

However, this flyout box was neither of those.

The flyout box was not that big. It was about a size of a credit card. Well, at least on my 24″ screen.

The flyout box contained information about the previous article he had post. It showed the title and an excerpt of previous post. The title links to the actual post.

It caught my attention!

This led me to believe that this method is very user engaging. It made me click the flyout and read more on the site.

I quickly looked at the html source to find out what type of plugin that was.

I found that the WordPress plugin is called uPPrev.

What is upPrev?

Display cool, animated flyout or fade box with related content. Just like New York Times. – WordPress Plugins Page.

uPPrev is a WordPress plugin that displays an animated flyout at the bottom of the web page. It is activated when the reader scrolls to the bottom of the post, page, or custom post type. It allows the reader to select previous and/or random post or posts.

Configuring upPrev

The default settings of upPrev WordPress Plugin looks good enough (for my case it was) but the plugin can be configured to suit your needs. Let’s take a look at some of upPrev settings.

First Tab – Appearance

Animation Style – upPrev offers two animation styles. They are flyout and fade in/out.

Position – You can either make your flyout box show up at the bottom right or bottom left. I prefer right side on my site.

The remaining settings on appearance tab such as Margin bottom, Margin side, Box width, Offset, Box head, and Close button change the look of your flyout box.

Second Tab – Content

Content settings of upPrev lets you configure the number of posts you want to show on the flyout box.

There are many options you can choose from regarding the content you want to show. You can also change the amount of words to show on your box.

The last option lets you post the featured image of your post.

Other Tabs

The last three tabs are not very important for me but feel free to check those options out.

How does your flyout look like?

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