59
Simple to use but requires a detour to an external website.
HealthyGrowing
59/100
Users enjoy the simplicity but dislike the mandatory external registration and privacy concerns.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.6★
85 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+9%
Growing
66 → 72 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORnot updated in 7 months
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 · +9% in the last year
66/day a year ago→72/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPop-up is generally praised for its ease of use, fast performance, and useful free features, but users raise concerns about privacy data sharing, Elementor incompatibility, required external registration, and limited premium functionality.
What people like
- +Easy to use with a user-friendly interface×2
- +Versatile with flexible trigger options
- +Fast loading and no noticeable performance impact
- +Seamless integration with WordPress and Blogger sites
- +Free version sufficient for basic needs
- +Provides conversion-focused tools
Common complaints
- −Sends visitor data to third-party servers, raising privacy and GDPR concerns
- −Does not work with Elementor
- −Requires creating a popup on the developer’s external website before use
- −Activation can fail, leaving the plugin broken even after disabling security plugins
- −Advanced analytics and styling features are locked behind the premium version
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.61★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 21%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 · 85 total
Latest reviews · 85 analyzed
- 2026-05-14★★★★★Muy buenoeliasxgg1-shot
- 2026-04-06★★★★★Data theft and Privacy risk.rafi.w
- 2025-11-10★★★★★Love this pluginmarkaceves
- 2025-07-22★★★★★Great Plugin! Use it oftenbethanysupport12
- 2025-04-28★★★★★Sehr gutlamm007
- 2025-03-11★★★★★Uno strumento versatile e intuitivoleonardosrooms
- 2024-11-24★★★★★Great plugin!ayilee28
- 2024-10-04★★★★★Greataazarghafoor
- 2024-08-12★★★★★Very goodvladisstrofinx1-shot
- 2024-07-15★★★★★Very Cool!trockowitz
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.
71
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
74
Prior 7-day baseline
55
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
71
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-4.1%
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.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.23
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
89%
5★ share in analyzed sample
21%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.65 → 4.61★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered