The WP Expander plugin is designed to grab your visitors attention when they arrive on your blog.

 

It's a direct replacement for the default WordPress text widget, but includes one very special addition.

 

It allows you to specify a time in seconds before the text widget reveals itself by unfolding in your sidebar. It uses jquery, and the effect is very cool and will certainly get your visitors attention.

 

For example, you could use it as your subscriber sign-up box by posting your autoresponder code into the box. Then set the delay to 7 seconds which we think is the ideal time - you'll have to experiment to find what works best for your blog.

 

So the page draws, then after 7 seconds your sign up box appears pulling your visitors eyes to your offer to get them to sign up.

 

You can even do clever stuff like stacking the text widgets on top of each other and revealing a new line of text every second.

 

Or you can put small image on the sidebar too. All you have to do is to enter html code for the image and that is it.

 

And it is perfert to put your opt in box too.