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WP Popups – WordPress Popup builder
Simple popups that work well until you crave exit intent magic.
HealthyGrowing
80/100
Users appreciate the easy setup and targeting rules despite many thin reviews.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.9★
112 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+12%
Growing
137 → 154 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 · +12% in the last year
137/day a year ago→154/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Popups is well-regarded as a straightforward, easy-to-use popup builder with solid visibility/targeting rules, though the reviews lack depth on any significant weaknesses.
What people like
- +Consistently described as easy to set up and use×10
- +Flexible targeting/visibility rules, including filtering by user login status and URL triggers×3
- +Helpful onboarding resources such as step-by-step video tutorials
- +Responsive support
- +Template system simplifies popup design once discovered
Common complaints
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.96★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 13%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 · 112 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-03-24★★★★★Great plugin, great support!alexcz
- 2026-03-18★★★★★Nice pluginjtomppo
- 2025-12-02★★★★★nice and simplejohn2016
- 2025-08-28★★★★★wp-popupjpkergastel
- 2025-08-23★★★★★Does the jobalb614
- 2025-08-09★★★★★Very good and easyulfplano
- 2025-07-31★★★★★Best (Free) Popup Pluginimfromio
- 2025-07-24★★★★★Teste vários. Esse é o melhor!binhobernardes
- 2025-07-15★★★★★Easy to usedavidblackcat
- 2025-07-14★★★★★Easy & worksjeffreynichols
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.
155
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
147
Prior 7-day baseline
99
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
187
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+5.4%
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
1.10
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
96%
5★ share in analyzed sample
13%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-75%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.94 → 4.96★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered