Notifal helps you show on-page notifications on your WordPress site. These are small, attention-grabbing messages that appear while visitors browse, such as a sale alert, a signup prompt, or a recent purchase notice.
If you already installed Notifal, you may have followed Installing and Activating Notifal and Your First On-Page Notification. This article explains what Notifal does and how Free and Pro compare.
What are on-page notifications?
An on-page notification is a popup, bar, toast, or similar element that appears on your website based on rules you set. You control:
- What it looks like (design, position, animation)
- When it shows (delay, scroll, schedule, and more)
- Who sees it (all visitors, logged-in users, specific pages, and more)
- What it says (static text or dynamic data from your site or store)
Notifal includes a template library with ready-made designs you can import, plus tools to build or edit your own templates.
What Notifal Free includes
The free Notifal plugin gives you a solid foundation:
| Area | What you get on Free |
|---|---|
| Notifications | Create, edit, duplicate, and import on-page notifications |
| Template library | Import ready-made designs from notifal.com |
| Templates | Build and manage your own notification designs |
| Live notifications | One notification can be live at a time (see Understanding Notification Status) |
| Content source | Dynamic (pulls live data like products or posts) or Static (fixed content) |
| Core tags | User, post, page, and general tags for personalizing templates |
| Basic settings | Timing, appearance, display rules, and behavior options included in Free |
| Analytics | Basic tracking to see how notifications perform |
What Notifal Pro unlocks
Notifal Pro is a separate plugin that connects to your Notifal account. When your license is active, Pro features become available across the plugin.
Run more notifications at once
On Free, only one notification can be live at a time. With an active Pro license, you can turn on multiple notifications at the same time.
Deeper targeting and display rules
Pro adds advanced display options, including:
- Target by categories, URL patterns, and specific users
- Use multiple display rules together for finer control
Smarter timing and behavior
Pro unlocks advanced triggers such as:
- Exit intent and scroll-based triggers
- Session-based and frequency limits
- Tab badge alerts and sound effects
- More animation and interaction options
Richer content and tags
Pro adds:
- Advanced content source filters (multiple filters, custom meta fields)
- Comment tags for social proof from real reviews
- Tags generator (Pro tool in Settings) to discover and create tags faster
Better analytics and styling
Pro includes:
- Enhanced analytics (conversions, devices, geography, hourly trends, and more)
- Custom CSS and advanced positioning for appearance
Settings and workflow
Pro also enables advanced configuration options such as export and import workflows for moving work between sites.
Free vs Pro at a glance
| Feature | Free | Pro (active license) |
|---|---|---|
| On-page notifications | Yes | Yes |
| Template library imports | Yes | Yes |
| Live notifications at once | 1 | Multiple |
| Dynamic and static content | Yes | Yes + advanced filters |
| WooCommerce tags (when WC active) | Yes | Yes |
| Comment tags | No | Yes |
| Exit intent and scroll triggers | Limited | Full |
| Enhanced analytics | Basic | Advanced |
| Custom CSS | No | Yes |
Which plan is right for you?
- Start with Free if you want one live notification and straightforward setup. Many sites begin here.
- Upgrade to Pro when you need several live campaigns, advanced targeting, WooCommerce-focused personalization at scale, or deeper analytics.
What to read next
- Navigating the Notifal Admin Menu , tour every screen in the WordPress menu
- Understanding Notification Status , draft, active, and off explained
- WooCommerce Setup for Notifal , enable store tags and content source