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Surveys are an effective way to gather feedback, measure customer satisfaction, and make data-driven decisions for your business. However, to create an engaging survey that users will want to take, you’ll need a powerful WordPress survey plugin. With so many plugins available, choosing the right… Read More »
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We know how frustrating it is to build a beautiful WordPress site only to watch it load painfully slow on a smartphone. In our experience managing high-traffic blogs, a sluggish mobile design can drive visitors away in seconds. That lag often hurts your search engine… Read More »
A slow WordPress site costs you visitors, search rankings, and sales. If your website feels sluggish after adding a few new features, then your plugins might be the hidden problem. By default, WordPress loads every active plugin on every single page. A heavy eCommerce add-on… Read More »
Managing appointments shouldn’t feel like a full-time job. If you run a salon, consulting business, or service-based website, you need a system that lets customers book appointments easily while keeping your schedule organized and your business running smoothly. The good news is that WordPress has… Read More »
One of the most common questions our readers ask us is: “Why can’t I add plugins in WordPress?” This situation usually happens when the user is seeing an upgrade message or their admin area doesn’t have the Plugins menu. If you are dealing with this… Read More »
We have all dealt with a slow WordPress site that feels impossible to fix. Finding the exact cause of a laggy page often feels like searching for a needle in a haystack. After years of debugging websites, we found that the Query Monitor plugin is… Read More »
Uploading a huge batch of photos to WordPress can often feel like a test of patience. You might stare at a slow progress bar or run into file size limits that stop the process entirely. We have encountered this issue many times while managing large… Read More »
Want to turn your WordPress site into a powerful eLearning platform? You’ll need more than just great content – you’ll need an LMS plugin that matches your teaching model and style. At WPBeginner, we’ve used MemberPress to build an online video portal and offer free… Read More »
Used to store interaction and conversion data for campaigns in conjunction with Revenue Attribution.
1 year
_gat_omTracker*
Set, controlled and used by Google Analytics to collect and store data and then send that data to Google Analytics. OptinMonster provides the name if there is no existing tracker found on that page.
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omCountdown-{id}-{elementId}
Used for countdown elements {elementId} in campaigns {id} to determine when it should complete.
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om-{id}-closed / omSlideClosed-{id}
Used specifically with slide-in campaigns {id} to determine if it has been closed or not by a visitor.
30 days
om-success-cookie / omSuccessCookie
Used to determine if a visitor has successfully opted in to any campaign on your site to unlock content when using our Content Locking feature.
365 days
om-success-{id} / omSuccess-{id}
Used to determine if a visitor has successfully opted in to a campaign with the ID of {id} on your site.
365 days
omSeen-{id}
Used to determine if a visitor has been shown a campaign by the slug.
30 days
om-{id}
Used to determine if a visitor has interacted with a campaign ID of {id} on your site.
30 days
_omappvs
Used to determine when a new visitor becomes a returning visitor.