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WP Popups vs CM Pop-Up

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

WP Popups is the safest pick: health A · 91 against 80 for CM Pop-Up, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

CM Pop-Up moved down one install band, 9K+ to 8K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric WP Popups CM Pop-Up
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 30K–40K ✓ 8K–9K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. Stable ✓ -11%
Overall health A · 91 ✓ B · 80
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 100/100 100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 97/100 ✓ 65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.8★ ✓ 3.6★
Reviews 112 ✓ 13
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 98/100 ✓ 92/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 12d ago ✓ 25d ago
Downloads, last 30d 20.9K ✓ 5.5K
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. -8% +133%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 3.7% ✓ 1.5%
Category Page Builders Page Builders

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

Release activity

WP PopupsCM Pop-Up

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.