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There are two main ways to apply conditions to an entire page or post type:

1. Use the “show post” shortcode to load full page content dynamically

Create the page content on a separate page, then use the If-So show post shortcode to display that page as a dynamic version inside a conditional trigger. Repeat this step for each version you want to create. Finally, replace the main page’s content with the trigger shortcode. The result: when a visitor loads the page, If-So evaluates the conditions, renders the appropriate show post shortcode, and displays the content of the corresponding page. Learn more

2. Set up a Conditional Redirect

Instead of loading the content dynamically, you can redirect visitors to different pages based on conditions such as geolocation, query strings, user status, and more. Each audience is sent to a different destination page, allowing you to personalize the entire experience without modifying the original page content. More about conditional redirect.

There are several ways to add custom CSS to a WordPress site, depending on your needs and level of control.

1. Using the WordPress Additional CSS Customizer

The easiest way to add CSS is through the WordPress Customizer. From your dashboard, go to Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS. A text area will open where you can type or paste your CSS code. As you add styles, you’ll see a live preview of the changes before publishing.

2. Using an HTML block (in the block editor)

If you want to style a specific page or section, you can use an HTML block within the Gutenberg editor. Add an HTML block, wrap your content with <style> tags, and include your CSS code. For example:

<style>
h2 { color: #0073aa; }
</style>

This method applies styles only to that page or post.

3. Using a Child Theme

For advanced customization, create a child theme and add your CSS to its style.css file. This gives you full control and ensures your changes persist after theme updates. It’s the preferred approach for developers or larger design changes. Official WordPress documentation on child themes.

The following code creates a button that adds a cookie with the name ‘test-cookie-on click’ and the value ‘clicked’ when clicked.

This code can be applied to any HTML element.

The cookie duration in this code is 307584000000 seconds (365 days). Feel free to change the value to fit your requirements.

<button onclick="
  let cookieName = 'test-cookie-on click'
  let cookieValue = 'clicked'
  let cookieExpireTime = 307584000000

  setCookie(cookieName, cookieValue, cookieExpireTime)

  function setCookie(name,value,time) {
    var expires = ''
    if (time) {
      var date = new Date()
      date.setTime(date.getTime() + time)
      expires = '; expires=' + date.toUTCString()
    }
    document.cookie = name + '=' + (value || '')  + expires + '; path=/'
  }
">
  Add a Cookie
</button>

Result:

You can block certain users from the geolocation service using one of the following functions (or by creating a custom function of your choice):

Block by the user’s IP (or server IP if it’s a bot)

Add the following code to your function.php file, and replace the XX.XX… and YY.YYY… placeholders with the IPs you want to block.

• The code only blocks the IPs from the geolocation functionality, and not from accessing your website.
• Blocked IPs will see the default content version.

add_filter('ifso_exclude_from_geo',function($exclude){ $exclude['ip'] = ['XX.XX.XXX.XXX','YY.YYY.YYY.YYY']; return $exclude; });

Block logged-in users

add_filter('ifso_exclude_from_geo',function($exclude){
	if(!is_user_logged_in()){
		$exclude['blockme'] = true;
		return $exclude;
	}
});

Block Administrators

add_filter('ifso_exclude_from_geo',function($exclude){
	if(is_user_logged_in()){
		$user = wp_get_current_user();
		if ( in_array( 'administrator', (array) $user->roles ) ) {
			$exclude['blockme'] = true;
			return $exclude;
		}
	}
});

While we do not offer a pre-built solution for that specific functionality, you can achieve the desired result by following these steps:

1. Create multiple select forms and position them on the page.
2. Exclude the button in all forms except the last one and set their Ajax value to “yes.” This configuration ensures that the user’s selections in these forms will be processed in the backend without requiring a page reload.
3. In the last form, set the Ajax value to “no” and include a button. When the user submits the form, the page will reload.

From the user’s point of view, it will appear as if the entire form was submitted simultaneously.

Example (with two fields):

(Question #1) Gender:
[ifso_group_selection type="radio" options="Male,Female" ajax="yes" ]
(Question #2) Age group:
[ifso_group_selection type="radio" options="0-18,19-26,27-35,35+" redirect="https://if-so.com" ajax="no" button="Continue" orientation="vertical"]

Result:

With If-So, you can easily insert a trigger above your site’s header on all pages directly from your WordPress dashboard. Additionally, you have the flexibility to exclude specific pages where the trigger should not be included.

For more detailed instructions, you can refer to our documentation on loading a trigger on all pages.

Absolutely! With If-So, you have the ability to dynamically load CSS (conditional CSS) and make changes to your website’s design based on specific conditions. Learn More.

Absolutely!

With If-So, you can easily set the time and use a shortcode to showcase the event time in the user’s own timezone.

This feature eliminates any confusion and saves users the hassle of performing time conversions.

Whether it’s displaying event schedules, business opening hours, or support availability, your users will appreciate the convenience.

Learn more about using the shortcode for time-based displays.

   Yes 🙂 Learn more.

Yes, with If-So you can create evergreen (looped) countdowns that automatically restart once they reach the end. This allows you to continuously display countdowns and maintain a sense of urgency on your website. Learn more.

If-So’s countdowns are designed to create a sense of urgency and encourage users to take action. What sets If-So’s countdowns apart is their conditional capabilities:

• You can create “EverGreen” countdowns that continuously loop.
• Countdowns can be triggered when a user visits a specific page.
• Countdowns can also be triggered when a user performs a certain action, such as making a purchase.

Learn more about If-So’s Countdowns and their powerful features.

Upsells and cross-sells are effective strategies to boost revenue and increase the average order value.

If you are using WooCommerce, If-So enables you to display customized special offers based on the products in the user’s cart or their previous purchase history, either before or after the checkout process. Learn more.

Yes, you can display the visitor’s country flag easily using a simple shortcode. Learn more.

If-So offers seamless integration with a variety of membership plugins, empowering you to present distinct content tailored to each user’s membership level or subscription tier.
This feature enables personalized and targeted content based on their membership status.
Learn more about our supported membership plugin integrations:

• Dynamic Content for MemberPress
• Dynamic Content for Paid Memberships Pro
• Dynamic Content for WishList Member
• Dynamic Content for Restrict Content Pro

Absolutely.
If you are using WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads, you can leverage If-So to display dynamic content based on the user’s previously purchased products.
To learn more:

• The If-So & WooCommerce Integration.
• The If-So & Easy Digital Downloads Integration.
• For other e-commerce plugins, our Custom User Profile Fields Extension provides a solution.

While blocking or showing different products based on the user’s location is not a built-in option, If-So, in general, provides the ability to display dynamic content according to the user’s location.

Option 1: Displaying Dynamic Content Based on User Location (or any other condition)

If you want to utilize If-So to display conditional products, you can create an If-So trigger (with a geolocation condition or any other). Then, you can use one of WooCommerce’s shortcodes to display only the relevant products.

Here’s an example of a trigger with three versions (you can create as many versions as you need):

[products limit="8" columns="4" category="Category#1"]

[products limit="8" columns="4" category="Category#1"]

[products limit="8" columns="4" category="Category#3"]

Helpful links

• How to create an If-So trigger
• A list of all WooCommerce shortcode

Important Considerations

1. In case you are using the geolocation condition, please note that the geolocation service relies on IP-to-location mapping, which may not be 100% accurate. While we utilize a premium, highly accurate database to ensure the best possible accuracy, some discrepancies may occur. You can find more information about IP-to-location services and how they work here.
2. If your site includes a “search products” option, the products will appear in the search results based on their relevance to the search query.

Option 2: Creating conditional redirect from the product page

Instead of using the method suggested above, you can create a conditional redirect from the product page to a different page (product or other).

This option is more useful if you have a single product that you want to display in one state and a different variation of it that you want to display in another state.

How to create a conditional redirect.

When you generate the self-selection form using our form generator, you can also set a design for the form, and the CSS will be generated for you.

Applying the CSS to your site is possible in several different ways, and having development skills is not a requirement. How to add custom CSS to your WordPress site.

If-So provides maximum flexibility in determining how often you want to display the pop-up to each user and for how long you want to prevent its display. This option is achieved by adding a cookie to the user’s browser, ensuring that the pop-up is not shown as long as the cookie exists.

1. Add the following shortcode to the bottom of your pop-up’s content:

[ifso-add-cookie name='prevent-pop-up' value='yes' time='2628288']

* ‘2628288’ represents the cookie expiration date in seconds, equivalent to 30 days. Adjust the expiration time according to your requirements.

1. Add another version to your pop-up.
2. Drag the new version to the top (place it as version A) to ensure its condition is checked first.
   – Set the version’s condition to “If > Cookie > Is > Cookie Name: prevent-pop-up ; Cookie Value: yes”.
   -Leave the version’s content blank.
3. Update the trigger.
   

The result: When the pop-up is displayed for the first time, a cookie with the name “prevent-pop-up” will be added to the user’s browser. The next time the user visits a page with the pop-up’s shortcode, the condition of version A will be met. Since there is no content in version A, the pop-up will not be displayed.

• More about the “Add a cookie” shortcode
• More about If-So pop-ups

Yes. The default Ajax loading settings apply to content that loads using the CSV extension.

In addition, as with standard If-So triggers, you can override the default settings by adding the parameter ajax=”yes” or ajax=”no” to the CSV shortcode.

By default, the number of allowed characters in a single cell in column A is 55. This limitation is intentional to optimize the loading speed of the dynamic content for users who don’t need a higher number of characters.

To change the max allowed number of characters in column A:

1. Add the code below to your functions.php file.
2. Visit one of your website pages (it will run the code).
3. Remove the code from your functions.php file.

function modify_content_column(){
    global $wpdb;
    $wpdb->query("ALTER TABLE {$wpdb->prefix}ifso_bulks_content MODIFY COLUMN version VARCHAR(100);");
}
add_action('init','modify_content_column');

The code above will change the number of allowed characters to 100. You can replace the number in the code with any other number. Bear in mind that if your file consists of many dynamic versions (thousands), there might be some loading speed implications (they will probably be insignificant, but it is worth checking).

Please note that if you reduce the number of allowed characters, the new number you set will affect content created in the past.

By default, the number of allowed characters in a single cell (except column A) is 1024. This limitation is intentional to optimize the loading speed of the dynamic content for users who don’t need a higher number of characters.

To change the max allowed number of characters in the relevant column:

1. Add the code below to your functions.php file.
2. Visit one of your website pages (it will run the code).
3. Remove the code from your functions.php file.

function modify_content_column(){
global $wpdb;
$wpdb->query("ALTER TABLE {$wpdb->prefix}ifso_bulks_content MODIFY COLUMN content VARCHAR(2048);");
}

add_action('init','modify_content_column');

The code above will change the number of allowed characters to 2,048. You can replace the number in the code with any other number. Bear in mind that if your file consists of many dynamic versions (thousands), there might be some loading speed implications (they will probably be insignificant, but it is worth checking).

Please note that if you reduce the number of allowed characters, the new number you set will affect content created in the past.

The desired result can be easily achieved by adding a parameter to the URL that the button directs users to.

1. Create a trigger with a Page URL condition:
   If: Page URL > Contains > domain.com?audience=type-1; Then: Your dynamic content (if desired)
2. Toggle the audience section, located below the condition, and check the relevant “Add to audience” checkbox.
3. Paste the trigger’s shortcode on the page/s users are redirected to after clicking the button.

If your button is displayed on several different pages (on your header, footer, pop-up, etc.), and you wish the button to reload the same page, you can set its link value to be ?audience=type-1

Yes. You can display a visitor’s continent, country, state, city, and timezone anywhere on your site using a simple shortcode.

Example – the shortcode below displays the visitor’s country name

[ifsoDKI type='geo' show='country']

The option works out of the box and does not require custom code.

See all available Geo DKI shortcodes.

If-So is designed to provide the best possible accuracy for location-based content.

When visitors allow browser location access, the HTML5 Geolocation API can provide very precise, address-level accuracy. When this isn’t available, If-So uses IP-based location detection with a premium database that delivers reliable results for most use cases.

As with any IP-to-location solution, accuracy can vary depending on factors such as the visitor’s network or ISP, especially on mobile connections.

IP-based geolocation explained

If-So uses the ipinfo premium IP-to-location database for geolocation-based content. We’ve found it to be highly accurate compared to similar services, and it is regularly updated to ensure reliable results.

If you come across any inaccuracies, please report them to us and we’ll make sure they’re addressed.If-So uses the ipinfo premium IP-to-location database for geolocation-based content. We’ve found it to be highly accurate compared to similar services, and it is regularly updated to ensure reliable results.

If you come across any inaccuracies, please report them to us and we’ll make sure they’re addressed.

Yes. You can allow visitors to manually select a location that overrides the automatically detected one.

Once a location is selected, dynamic content is displayed based on the user’s choice.

See how manual location selection works.

Yes. You can change the category of specific If-So cookies by using a simple WordPress filter. This is useful if you want better control over how cookies are classified for consent management or compliance tools.

To do this, add the following code to your theme’s functions.php file (or to a custom plugin):

add_filter('ifso_cookie_category', function($ctype, $cname) {
    if ($cname === 'MY_NECESSARY_COOKIE') {
        return 'necessary';
    }
    return $ctype;
}, 10, 2);

In this example, the cookie named MY_NECESSARY_COOKIE is explicitly assigned to the necessary category. All other cookies will keep their original category.

Available cookie categories

You can assign cookies to any of the following categories:

• necessary
• statistics
• marketing
• preferences

This allows you to align If-So cookies with your site’s cookie consent logic and ensure they are handled correctly by your consent management solution.

If-So integrates natively with three cookie compliance solutions and provides a hook that allows you to link additional services beyond the built-in integrations.

Cookie consent services compatible with If-So:

• Cookiebot (the Cookiebot WordPress plugin is required)
• Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA
• Complianz (the Complianz WordPress plugin is required)

With these three services, cookies will not be added until the user consents to accept cookies (whether they are server-side cookies or JavaScript cookies).

Please note that If-So integrates natively with Cookiebot and Complianz, but for the integration to work properly the corresponding WordPress plugins must be installed and active on your site.

Realted questions:

• Can I change the category of If-So cookies?
• Will using the If-So plugin add cookies to my website?

Yes, technically, you can. Though one of the biggest advantages of If-So is that you don’t have to duplicate pages. Instead, you can split-test only a specific piece of content on the same page.

Nevertheless, if you want to split-test a whole page, you can do so using a simple JavaScript redirect code that can be pasted inside an If-So trigger. We already have the redirect code ready for you. You can learn more and find it here.

Yes. You can create a conditional redirect to redirect all the visitors from a specific certain to a different page.

Yes, you can achieve this in different scenarios:

1. If the user is logged in, you can use our User Details Shortcode to display the user’s name.
2. If the user is not logged in, you can pass the user’s name as a value in a query parameter in the URL and then utilize our Query-string DK shortcode to dynamically insert and display the name. The user’s name can be stored as a cookie, allowing it to be accessed and displayed on different pages as the user continues browsing the website.

The DKI shortcode retrieves values directly from our IP-to-location database and is limited to displaying location names in English. However, our CSV extension offers a solution:

1. Ensure the CSV extension is installed on your site.
2. Download our “All-countries” CSV file (click to download).
3. Insert the desired language’s location names in column D.
4. On your WP dashboard, create a new bulk with a geolocation condition and upload the file.
5. Paste the CSV shortcode, displaying values from column D, wherever you want to show the country name on your page.

Absolutely! Any If-So trigger can be displayed as a pop-up (overlay). The pop-up will only appear if the condition is met. Learn more about it.

Learn more about creating pop-ups using If-So

Yes, you can set up conditional redirects based on any If-So condition.

For a step-by-step guide, click here.

If-So provides a diverse range of conditions to choose from, including Geolocation, Google Ads search terms, Dynamic links, Schedule, and many more.

Explore the complete list available of conditions.

If-So shortcodes work in YOAST and RankMath title and description fields. They may also work with other SEO plugins, but this cannot be guaranteed. If you choose to embed dynamic content in these fields, ensure the trigger is loaded without AJAX by adding the parameter ajax=”no” to the trigger’s shortcode.

It’s important to note that the content presented on the search result page cannot be dynamic. Search engines scan the site and display the metadata they crawled during their scan.

To import a trigger: On your WordPress dashboard, go to If-So -> All Triggers, click “Import trigger” (the button is right below the page title), and upload your trigger’s JSON file.

To export a trigger: On your WordPress dashboard, go to If-So -> All Triggers, hover over the trigger you want to export, and click “Export”.

If-So uses a TinyMCE editor with both visual and text (HTML) modes so that you can basically set up any content.

If you are using a page builder and are looking for a more convenient way to design your content, the styling options that are available for you are:

Gutenberg Users – You can assign conditions directly to a block (or group of blocks) instead of creating dynamic triggers. See how.

Elementor Users – Save any widget or section as a template and apply it inside an If-So trigger using a shortcode. See how.

Other page builders – Design your dynamic content in a new page and use the shortcode inside your If-So trigger to display the page content as your dynamic version. See how.

No 🙂 We would love to hear from you if you encounter any issues. Please don’t hesitate to click here and create a support ticket. Our team is here to assist you!

Yes. Depending on the conditions and functions you choose to use, If-so uses cookies for some of its functionalities.

All the cookies set by If-So are first-party cookies (added directly by your site) and thus will not be affected by the phase-out of third-party cookies.

Cookies will only be used once you use a cookie-based condition or feature. Below are the features and conditions that will use cookies:

Conditions:

1. Pages visited (cookie name: ifso_page_visits)
2. New and returning visitors (cookie name: Ifso_Visit_Counts)
3. Trigger Visited (cookie name: ifso_viewed_triggers)
4. Geolocation (cookie name: ifso_geo_data; only if you have set the tracking to be using a cookie instead of the default session-based option.

Features

1. Recurrence (cookie name: ifso_recurrence_data, ifso_recurrence_session_TRIGGER_ID)
2. Audiences (cookie name: ifso_group_name)
3. User Selection (based on the “Audiences” cookie)
4. Analytics (cookie name: ifso_last_viewed, ifso_viewing_triggers)
   

The table below shows the cookies names, description, and when they are created:

If-So processes the personal data that is collected through the plug-in as a data processor on your behalf and in accordance with our Data Processing Addendum.

As such, you (the data controller) are responsible for providing your end-users with a proper privacy notice that covers your use of the If-So plug-in & cookies.

Learn more about how If-So uses cookies.

Click here for our Data Processing Addendum (DPA).