Nelio Popups

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1. ★★★★★ mr_milo

   10mo ago

   I have tried basically all the popup builders, and using the native Block Editor interface is a game changer. Thanks Nelio for the great plugin and fast support!

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2. ★★★★★ nmrockswp

   10mo ago

   Wow. This is the only simple popup maker, that does exactly what I want. Thank you so much! I just have two small requests: Could you please add the “Content is”/”posts”/”category”(!) option under “Selected Groups” in the free version so that I can filter by post “category” (I have a category with news-posts, where I don’t want the popup to appear)? And please add an option to enlarge the “Close” button (the 12x12px svg is really too small for the popup)! THANK YOU

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3. ★★★★★ matiasgonzalezjara

   1.9y ago

   Hola! Ayer hice una consulta a los desarrolladores porque usé 22 pop ups en mi pagina y como estas se cargan en todas las páginas (no se renderizan, solo se cargan) hacían que mi sitio fuera extremadamente lento y demorara al cargar. Los desarrolladores en menos de 2 horas me ayudaron y me dieron la opción de usar un filtro en el codigo PHP de manera que solo se cargaran los pop ups en la página que se visualizará (en mi caso era en una sola página. Les dejo el código por si les es útil. add_filter( ‘nelio_popups_active_popups’, function( $popups ) {    if ( isset( $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’] ) && strpos( $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’], ‘NAME_OF_PAGE’ ) !== false ) {        return $popups;    }    return [];} ) Muchas gracias, excelente equipo!

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4. ★★★★★ LarryWEB

   3.0y ago

   This is looking really great! The block and its settings are very sufficient and work smoothly. I’m loving it! Thanks guys!

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5. ★★★★★ intouchwithwendy

   3.7y ago

   Really easy to set up! Looks great and was accompanied by an excellent support team that went out of their way to assist when needed. Highly recommended!

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6. ★★★★★ Takeru

   4.3y ago

   I was looking for a simple pop-up plugin and this was just the right one. If you are looking for a simple and intuitive popup plugin with no extra features, give it a try. The support is also excellent, fast and courteous.

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7. ★★★★★ Juan Hernando

   4.4y ago

   Fantastic plugin! It’s really easy to create popups as you’re already used to the editor, and all the options it has are really well crafted. Congrats!

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8. ★★★★★ Tim in Seattle

   4.6y ago

   I am really enjoying using Nelio Popups (v1.0.6). The developers have done a good job in designing this blocks plugin. I like the attention to user interface detail I can see in the plugin. I wish more developers would create single-use block plugins like Nelio Popups that do one thing, do it well, and naturally fit into the WordPress Blocks ecosystem.

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2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Nelio Popups <= 1.3.5 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2026-01-29 CVE-2026-25016 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.3.5 Patched in 1.3.6
2. Medium · 6.4 Nelio Popups <= 1.3.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-12-10 CVE-2025-66111 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3.0 Patched in 1.3.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 4 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-05-08 1K+ → 900+ down after 370 days in tier
2. 2025-05-03 900+ → 1K+ up after 18 days in tier
3. 2025-04-15 800+ → 900+ up after 12 days in tier
4. 2025-04-03 700+ → 800+ up after 14 days in tier
5. 2025-03-20 600+ → 700+ up after 9 days in tier
6. 2025-03-11 500+ → 600+ up after 11 days in tier
7. 2025-02-28 400+ → 500+ up after 12 days in tier
8. 2025-02-16 300+ → 400+ up after 212 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Smart Popup by Supsystic 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
• Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder 700K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Modal Window – create popup modal window 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
• T Themify Popup 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A

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Nelio Popups: 900+ active installs, 5.0★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/nelio-popups