Welcome Popup
by WeblineIndia · Uncategorized
Also makes 14 other plugins · 5.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Increase user interactivity and create curiosity by welcoming your visitors with a personalized message via Popup message.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 52/100
Stale · Open vulnerability
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-7%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “first visit popup”, “hello bar” and “popup” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
52 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 23.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 690 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 11 reviews, smoothed to 3.90★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 690 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| first visit popup your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hello bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| popup your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| welcome popup your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress popup your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “first visit popup”, “hello bar” and “popup” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 345 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.9y ago
latest release · v1.0.10 · 10 Dec 2024
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; the previous band took 13 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 6 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ alsaamex9.8y ago
Very good plugin and very useful. I like it very much!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ soundboy10.3y ago
Weak plugin. Modal keeps popping up every time, cookies are not being set properly, which is basic and essential for this functionality. I recommend a plugin called Modal Dialog instead.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wpblogwriter10.9y ago
It displays an overlay, that is working. The title is displayed, fine. But the content which can be given isn’t, instead part of the page content is displayed, which isn’t at all what is expected…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ vujke11.7y ago
It works very good for site notification!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ karsten00712.0y ago
I can not recommend this plugin. It was not working reliable and what is even worth, it is conflicting with the html editor.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kristofbo12.0y ago
Hello, how to enable ”never display” when you click on the button close. Thank you for your work. Christophe
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kanye12.1y ago
Download plugin and look inside lib/wpwm_defaults.php Try to activate plugin, open sources of Your page and see some new links to other sites and some iframes BEWARE!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JF12.5y ago
The potential is definitely there, but the popup is showing on every page of the site even though its set to only load on first visit. I’ve signed up for the newsletter, gone to another page, even back to the same page and it keeps popping up. If I was a visitor, it would completely turn me off.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.0.10). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 4.4 Welcome Popup <= 1.0.10 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-03-31 CVE-2025-31605 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.0.10 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Increase user interactivity and create curiosity by welcoming your visitors with a personalized message via..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,015 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("first visit popup", "hello bar", "welcome popup", "wordpress popup" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-16 200+ → 100+ down after 377 days in tier
- 2025-03-04 300+ → 200+ down after 198 days in tier
- 2024-08-18 400+ → 300+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2024-08-10 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-09 400+ → 300+ down after 39 days in tier
- 2024-07-01 300+ → 400+ up after 457 days in tier
- 2023-04-01 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-03-30 300+ → 400+ up after 2 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).
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Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Brave – Create Popup, Optins, Lead Generation, Survey, Sticky Elements & Interactive Content 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Popup for Elementor 1K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Popup – Popup Maker 80+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
Aspexi Sweet Popups 50+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Murls Smart Popups 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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