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What Would Seth Godin Do

Displays a custom welcome message to new visitors and a different message to return visitors using a simple cookie.

By James Hunt·Welcome·Free
4.8(10 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 month ago
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As of April 2026, What Would Seth Godin Do is a WordPress welcome plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 221K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 10% this week. Top alternative: WP Dash Message.

4.8/510 reviews
1.0K+active installs
221K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008

Overview

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…
Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

4.810 reviews
5 ★
9
4 ★
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3 ★
1
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1 ★
0

Recent Reviews

Amazing plugin and support!
by jess2716·8 years ago

I’ve been using this plugin for years and LOVE being able to automate a call to action on every post. Recently when migrating to new hosting I ran into an issue with the plugin, and Richard (the creator of the plugin) went above and beyond to help me. Thank you!!!

Best plugin ever
by cuttypowers·9 years ago·1 reply

Get this plugin now to grow your business.

There was little problem, but it’s fine for now
by djcargo·9 years ago·10 replies

Do what should do 🙂

  • This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by t-p.
  • This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by djcargo.
just beautiful
by vespamoto39·10 years ago

Does exactly what it says!!
Look how it works in my blog

does the job
by wzshop·10 years ago

Seems to working like a charm;)

Download Trends

Today: 14Yesterday: 15This week: 92Period total: 6K

Compatibility

WordPress6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP7.4+ required

Version Adoption

v2.1
80.9%
v2.0
11.4%
v2.2
6.4%
v1.7
1.2%

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Changelog

2.2.0 (2026.03.03)

  • Remove adoption notices. New maintainer: James Hunt.
  • Refactored to modern class-based architecture with PSR-4 autoloading.
  • Added escaping and nonce verification throughout.
  • Extracted inline JavaScript to a separately enqueued asset file.
  • Adding language POT file.

…and 2 more changes

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

James HuntJames HuntRichard K MillerRichard K Miller
Plugin Info
Version
2.2.0
Last Updated
Mar 3, 2026
WP Requires
6.0+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
1.0K+
Downloads
221K+
Added
Nov 5, 2008
Business
Free

Tags

welcomevisitorsmarketingpersonalizationwelcome message

Developer

J
James Hunt
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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