Alert for IE7 and lower with this WordPress plugin

Written April 25, 2012. 10 comments.

Though some might say it’s too soon to start dropping support for Internet Explorer 7, generally speaking that may actually be the case for many websites. But if your web stats do make a case for dropping IE7 (as mine do), then let’s pretend I made this plugin especially for you and I.

Just follow the usual steps:

1. Upload into wp-content/plugins
2. Activate

If the website visitor is using Internet Explorer 7 or lower, a friendly nag will appear at the top of every page (which cannot be dismissed) and includes icons with links to download Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari.

Grab it from the official WordPress repository here, or search for Old IE Alert from within the Add New plugin area of your Wordpress website.

You’re welcome.

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1. Jimmy says:

   April 25, 2012 at 7:23 pm

   	
   		Hey thanks. I’ll just assume it works because I don’t have ie6 or 7 to test it on!		
2. Skydrop says:

   May 2, 2012 at 7:31 am

   	
   		not working. i using internet explorer 10, chrome 19.0, safari 5.1.5 and firefox 6.0.2 in the 4 browser show the message in text (no explorer icon) on footer. chek my website http://www.borinkenhouserecords.com		
3. That Web Guy says:

   May 3, 2012 at 8:41 pm

   	
   		Hi Skydrop,
   
   I can see the alert appear and then suddenly disappear when the page finishes loading – which technically should not happen given it should only show at all if on IE7 or lower.
   
   That said, your issue forced me to look at my plugin again and I have now just updated to remove a potential problem (though I had no problems on the 32 themes I tested it on). It may solve it for you or may not. Worth a shot.
   
   Good luck.		
4. Robert says:

   June 29, 2012 at 4:59 pm

   	
   		I’d like to see the possibility to translate the text from the WordPress backpanel.		
5. Mike says:

   August 11, 2012 at 3:22 pm

   	
   		Hey. I love the plugin, exactly what i was looking for. Is it possible to change the text on the warning?		
6. That Web Guy says:

   August 11, 2012 at 8:45 pm

   	
   		@Mike
   
   Thanks! Yeah you can edit the text and it’s so simple that it wasn’t worth including an editing function for the plugin. Just go to wp-content -> plugins -> old-ie-alert and open old-ie-alert.php. Look at lines 73 and 74 and edit to your hearts content.		
7. Jim says:

   October 14, 2012 at 1:54 pm

   	
   		Is it possible to be able to close this for the session the user is on? Or have that option in the backend?		
8. That Web Guy says:

   October 14, 2012 at 3:14 pm

   	
   		Hi Jim. Can you explain further on what you mean? Thanks.		
9. Snail says:

   March 11, 2013 at 3:31 am

   	
   		Why does everyone forget OPERA?
   It’s a lovely browser and it gets better every day.		
10. CR says:

    April 7, 2013 at 1:16 pm

    	
    		This is great. Thanks much!