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Brave Popup Builder – Popup, Optins, Lead Generation, Survey & Interactive Content
Lead generation feels surprisingly light on the wallet.
HealthyGrowing
83/100
Users love the generous free tier and clean interface despite some minor mobile scaling issues.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.8★
209 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+21%
Growing
64 → 78 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +21% in the last year
64/day a year ago→78/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayBrave Popup Builder is well-regarded as a capable, clean, and affordable popup plugin with a generous free tier, though a small number of users flag a non-intuitive builder, mobile scaling inconsistencies, and at least one report of disruptive admin-page code injection.
What people like
- +Free version is feature-rich compared to competitors, with most options not locked behind a paywall×4
- +Easy and clean interface, described as well thought-out and uncluttered compared to alternatives×5
- +Wide variety of pre-built templates saves setup time×3
- +Flexible targeting and trigger options, including custom field-based triggers×2
- +Responsive and fast customer support
Common complaints
- −Builder interface is not fully intuitive and has a learning curve
- −Mobile preview does not always accurately reflect how the popup scales on different screen sizes
- −Contact Form 7 integration is reported to be lacking
- −Plugin reportedly injects unwanted code into the admin page and displays persistent review prompts
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.82★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 14%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 209 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-30★★★★★Advanced Options Gallorextrememogul
- 2026-04-14★★★★★Great plugin -Easy setupmistmardo1-shot
- 2026-03-11★★★★★Easy to use! love it!fritim
- 2026-02-26★★★★★Easy and beneficialshau1231-shot
- 2025-03-06★★★★★Easy to use popupsubhan1111-shot
- 2025-02-26★★★★★Great conversion plugin!jaredatbrtc
- 2025-02-07★★★★★Annoying!edk15
- 2025-01-20★★★★★Great Popup makerjarek1984
- 2024-12-13★★★★★An excellent plugin that's easy to useFred
- 2024-12-02★★★★★Great plugin and FANTASTIC supportpablog
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
79
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
76
Prior 7-day baseline
50
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
90
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+3.9%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
17%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.33
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
90%
5★ share in analyzed sample
14%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.79 → 4.82★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered