WP Popup
by cornershop · Uncategorized
Also makes 8 other plugins · 11.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Looking for a new way to entice your site visitors? WP Popup is the lightbox/popup plugin built with performance in mind.
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
B 70/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.4K estimated
Momentum
-2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “lightbox” 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.
70 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.9%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 17K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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: Rating quality
Updated 332 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
4.2★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
19%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.7
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| modal window your tag | #20 | #23 | 0 |
| lightbox your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| popup your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
18 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 17 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “lightbox” 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 811 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v1.2.7 · 3 Dec 2025
15
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 42% of the way through.
Install history since 29 Jan 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Skylabb1.8y ago
I was looking for a simple message popup plugin and didn’t like other marketing popup plugins with a host of bloated features I don’t need. This plugin does the simple thing and does it really well. You can add any content to the popup using Gutenberg blocks. Great features including settings for color, sizes, duration, scheduling, and where on the website the popup happens. Great work and thank you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Betty Maszlay2.5y ago
Perfect, simple to use, thank you! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mccremarc2.9y ago
I have installed this on our site and it does exactly what it says on the tin, a nice and simple to use exit intent popup for free… no sign ups, i couldn’t be happier, thank you to the team who developed this, I was searching for ages to find something like this for free and you guys nailed it!! Top work.. thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Said Erraoudy5.0y ago
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function array_key_first() in /home/cooknus/public_html/seo/wp-content/plugins/wp-pop-up/classes/class-wp-popup.php:671 Stack trace: #0 /home/cooknus/public_html/seo/wp-content/plugins/wp-pop-up/classes/class-wp-popup.php(618): WP_Popup->which_popup_to_display() #1 /home/cooknus/public_html/seo/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(303): WP_Popup->post_loop(Object(WP)) #2 /home/cooknus/public_html/seo/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(327): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array) #3 /home/cooknus/public_html/seo/wp-includes/plugin.php(518): WP_Hook->do_action(Array) #4 /home/cooknus/public_html/seo/wp-includes/class-wp.php(763): do_action_ref_array(‘wp’, Array) #5 /home/cooknus/public_html/seo/wp-includes/functions.php(1291): WP->main(”) #6 /home/cooknus/public_html/seo/wp-blog-header.php(16): wp() #7 /home/cooknus/public_html/seo/index.php(17): require(‘/home/cooknus/p…’) #8 {main} thrown in /home/cooknus/public_html/seo/wp-content/plugins/wp-pop-up/classes/class-wp-popup.php on line 671
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wpdozero5.5y ago
Very easy to set up. It seems to be the best free exit intent popup plugin available!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Radek Mezulanik5.6y ago
This plugins works pretty fine, but itś not compatible with websites that don’t use jQuery as it can have bad impact on performance. If you would re-write it to vanilla JS, i can give it a 5
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); 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 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,552 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "modal window" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-30 900+ → 1K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-27 1K+ → 900+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-24 900+ → 1K+ up after 156 days in tier
- 2025-12-19 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-18 900+ → 1K+ up after 332 days in tier
- 2025-01-20 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-19 900+ → 800+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-01-14 800+ → 900+ 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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Modal Window – create popup modal window 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
ARI Fancy Lightbox – Popup for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B - T Themify Popup 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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Easy Modal 7K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Popup Box – Easily Create WordPress Popups 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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