10 Best Popup Box Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Popup Box sits at #8 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Popup Box
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OptinMonster
Closest matchPopup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation
4.3 (821) 1 million+ active installs🤩 Make popups & optin forms to get more email newsletter subscribers, leads, and sales - #1 most popular popup builder plugin! 🚀
#2 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. About 20 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.6, last updated August 14, 2026.
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Poptin – Email Marketing Automation, Newsletter & Exit Pop Ups, Email Popups
4.9 (700) 20,000+ active installsFree email automation, email campaigns, exit intent popup builder, gamified popups with spin the wheel, contact forms & smart pop ups. 🎉
#9 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated 10 days ago.
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5.0 (7) 70,000+ active installsHigh-converting popup campaigns with PopupKit – advanced triggers, A/B testing, spin-to-win, multistep popups & 270+ popup templates for WordPress
#6 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, last updated 15 days ago.
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Hustle
Paid version availableHustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups
4.4 (859) 80,000+ active installsSetup email optin forms, popups, newsletter forms & subscription forms to generate email leads with the best marketing popup builder
#4 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. About 1.6 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.6, last updated 17 days ago.
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Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups.
4.7 (2,216) 200,000+ active installsIncrease Sales, Lead Generation, Conversion rates and receive good Call to Action rates with smart WordPress popup plugin.
#3 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. About 4 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.6, last updated 3 days ago.
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FooBox
Paid version availableLightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox
3.9 (95) 100,000+ active installsA responsive image lightbox for WordPress galleries, WordPress attachments & FooGallery
#10 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. About 2 times the installs, rated 3.9 against 4.6, last updated 10 days ago.
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Popup Maker
Paid version availablePopup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder
4.9 (4,512) 600,000+ active installsWant to boost sales & marketing efforts? Use your favorite forms & builder. Unlimited popups & impressions, keep your data, no monthly subscription.
#1 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. About 12 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated September 11, 2026.
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4.8 (442) 100,000+ active installsA quick and easy way to create Popup layers inside the Divi Visual Builder!
#7 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated August 19, 2026.
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Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder
4.6 (235) 80,000+ active installsBuild Stunning Slider and Popup. Exit intent Popup, Image slider carousel, video slider carousel, post slider carousel, product slider, promote popup
#5 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. About 1.6 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
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Coupon X – Discount Popups, Promo Codes Pop Ups for WooCommerce & Announcement Popups
4.9 (52) 1,000+ active installsBoost sales with engaging discount pop ups, coupon widgets, promo code pop up & coupon codes! Generate unique promo codes or use existing codes 🛒
Shares the pop up tag on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 50,000+, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated 10 days ago.
Popup Box against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Popup Box vs OptinMonster50,000+ vs 1 million+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.3
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Popup Box vs Poptin50,000+ vs 20,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.9
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Popup Box vs Popup builder with Gamification, Multi-Step Popups, Page-Level Targeting, and WooCommerce Triggers50,000+ vs 70,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 5.0
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Popup Box vs Hustle50,000+ vs 80,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.4
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Popup Box vs Popup Builder50,000+ vs 200,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.7
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Popup Box vs FooBox50,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 3.9
Switching from Popup Box: common questions
What is the best alternative to Popup Box?
OptinMonster is the closest match: it shares the Popup Plugins top 10 with Popup Box and has 1 million+ active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating.
Which Popup Box alternative has the most users?
OptinMonster, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Popup Box alternative is rated highest?
Popup Maker, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,512 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Popup Box alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Popup Box score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Popup Box on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
OptinMonster is the closest match to Popup Box by the data we track, and OptinMonster has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Popup Builder shipped the most recent release, on October 19, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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What moved this week
One email a week, built from the same daily snapshots these rankings come from: the plugins that climbed, what launched, and one ranking worth a look.