Displaying a pop-up dialog using the built-in ThickBox plugin

As annoying as they can be to visitors, pop-up dialogs are a feature that many website administrators are using to help them advertise special offers or get readers to subscribe to their content. Since it uses pop-up dialogs in its own administrative pages, WordPress comes bundled with a jQuery script called ThickBox that can be used to display these types of dialogs.

This recipe shows how to load the ThickBox script and use it to render a pop-up dialog.

Getting ready

You should have access to a WordPress development environment.

How to do it...

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