Pop-up vs Elegance Modal Box

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Pop-up is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 45 for Elegance Modal Box, led by lower removal risk.

Pop-up

by Inisev

Health A89

Elegance Modal Box

by elegancenet

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Pop-upElegance Modal Box

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Pop-up	Elegance Modal Box
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	60–70
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-25%
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	91/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.6★ ✓	4.0★
Reviews	86 ✓	6
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	95/100 ✓	37/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	2mo ago ✓	11.9y ago
Downloads, last 30d	3.2K ✓	75
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-33%	+11%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.7% ✓	0.5%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Pop-upElegance Modal Box

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.