Popup Block vs Modal Guten Block

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

Popup Block

by Andrei Baicus

Health D44

Modal Guten Block

by merbmerb

Health D53

Active-install trajectory

Popup Block Modal Guten Block

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	Popup Block	Modal Guten Block
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13% ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 44	D · 53 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	10/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.92★	4.55★ ✓
Reviews	4	24 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	63/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	4.8y ago	2.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	125	648 ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Popup Block Modal Guten Block

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.