## Floating card: a post that follows the reader Product: Verba - Modern Blog & Magazine WordPress Theme URL: https://hub.jkdevstudio.com/docs/verba/theme-settings/floating-card Updated: 2026-09-09 Summary: Keep one recommended post on screen while somebody reads: choose the corner, the trigger, how often it returns, and which post it shows. Availability: Pro only. The floating card holds one post card over the page while somebody reads. Unlike the exit-intent banner, it does not wait for a reader to leave; it keeps them company. Two uses cover most cases. Highlight one piece of material: something new, something important, or whatever you are promoting this month. Or keep the next step visible when the current page is long. Its settings are at [[Verba > Theme Options > Blog > Floating Card]]. ## Turn it on and place it :::options - **Enable floating post card** (default: off): The master switch for the tab. - **Show on** (default: desktop and tablet): Which screen sizes it appears on. - **Card width** (default: 420 px): Width on desktop. It still shrinks to fit narrower screens. - **Card position** (default: bottom left): Which corner it slides in from and rests in. - **Edge offset** (default: 30 px): The gap between the card and its corner. Lower tucks it closer to the edge. - **Appearance animation** (default: slide in): Slide in, zoom in, or blur and fade. :::
Pick a corner nothing else already occupies. Cookie banners, chat widgets, and back-to-top buttons all like the bottom right, and two of them in the same corner is a mess on somebody else's screen, not yours.
## What the card says :::options - **Title** (default: "While you are here"): The line above the card. Empty hides it. - **Title tag** (default: p) and **title size** (default: h6): The HTML tag and the visual size, set separately, so the card can look right without disturbing the page heading structure. - **Show another post button** (default: off): Adds a button under the card that swaps in a different recommendation. It only appears when the card has more than one post to offer. - **Button text** (default: "Show me another"): The wording on that button. ::: ## When it appears and how often :::options - **Show when** (default: after scrolling): Reveal the card once the reader scrolls far enough, or after a set time on the page. - **Scroll distance** (default: 40%): How far down the page they get first, as a percentage of page height. - **Repeat** (default: on every view): Every page view, once per browser session, or again after a saved time limit. - **Time limit** (default: 7 days): Days before the card may return on this device. The timer starts when the card is revealed. - **Admin preview** (default: off): For administrators, ignores the repeat limit. The trigger is still required. ::: ## Narrow screens There is less room on a phone, and the card must not cover what somebody is reading. Leave it on desktop and tablet unless you have checked it on a real phone with a real article, not just a resized browser window. ## Which post it shows The query group is the same post selection used by every other listing: source, filters, and order. See Post listings. It supports AI mode as well, choosing the most relevant post for the page being read rather than a fixed one. That is the main reason to use automatic selection instead of pinning one post. The mechanics are in AI Blog. ## One at a time The same reminder as the exit-intent banner, shorter: two floating elements at once is guaranteed to irritate. Choose one. ## Questions
The card never appears Check that the current screen size is in the **show on** list, that you have scrolled past the trigger distance, and that the repeat limit is not holding it back from an earlier visit. A private window resets the last one.
The "show me another" button is missing The card only has one post to offer. Widen the query so more than one post qualifies.
Can I run this and the exit-intent banner together? You can, and readers will notice. If you want both, put them on different parts of the site: the card on long articles, the banner on the front page, for instance.