10 Best Email Subscription Popup Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Email Subscription Popup has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. 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 Email Subscription Popup
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MailOptin – Popup, Optin Forms & Email Newsletters for Mailchimp, HubSpot, AWeber Etc.
4.8 (436) 10,000+ active installsCreate popup, optin forms using easy form builder & popup maker. Send automated email to subscribers — Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, Campaign Monitor etc
Shares the mailchimp, newsletter, popup tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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FireBox
Paid version availableFireBox – WooCommerce Popup Builder, Exit Intent Popup, Email Optin & Cart Abandonment
4.9 (75) 7,000+ active installsNewsletter optins, discount coupon popups, sticky bars and lightbox modals that capture leads and recover abandoned WooCommerce carts.
Shares the mailchimp, newsletter, popup tags on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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Hustle
Paid version availableHustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups
4.4 (859) 90,000+ active installsSetup email optin forms, popups, newsletter forms & subscription forms to generate email leads with the best marketing popup builder
Shares the newsletter, popup tags on WordPress.org. About 90 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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Poptin – Email Marketing Automation, Newsletter & Exit Pop Ups, Email Popups
4.9 (695) 20,000+ active installsFree email automation, email campaigns, exit intent popup builder, gamified popups with spin the wheel, contact forms & smart pop ups. 🎉
Shares the newsletter, popup tags on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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MailMunch – Grow your Email List
4.7 (241) 6,000+ active installsThe best free plugin to get more email subscribers. Beautiful opt-in forms that integrate with MailChimp, Constant Contact, AWeber, Campaign Monitor a …
Shares the newsletter, popup tags on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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Sender – Newsletter, SMS and Email Marketing Automation for WooCommerce
4.8 (78) 5,000+ active installsSender is an all-in-one email & SMS marketing platform designed keeping the challenges of ecommerce and small businesses in mind.
Shares the newsletter, popup tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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Newsletter
Paid version availableNewsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress
4.6 (1,204) 200,000+ active installsAn email marketing tool for your blog: subscription forms to create your lists with unlimited subscribers and newsletters.
Shares the newsletter tag on WordPress.org. About 200 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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MailPoet
Paid version availableMailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation
4.4 (1,432) 500,000+ active installsSend beautiful newsletters from WordPress. Collect subscribers with signup forms, automate your emails for WooCommerce, blog post notifications & more
Shares the newsletter tag on WordPress.org. About 500 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Popup Maker – Responsive popup, Exit Intent Pop up, Email Optins, Autoresponder & More
4.5 (144) 7,000+ active installsPopup Maker plugin will help you run cleverer and more effective marketing popups for your website. Create the most optimal popup to boost your sales.
Shares the popup tag on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, last updated July 18, 2026.
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Brevo – Email, SMS, Web Push, Chat, and more.
4.1 (285) 100,000+ active installsTurn your WordPress site into a marketing powerhouse. Grow your audience, boost engagement, and drive more sales with Brevo.
Shares the newsletter tag on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, last updated June 24, 2026.
Switching from Email Subscription Popup: common questions
What is the best alternative to Email Subscription Popup?
MailOptin is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Email Subscription Popup alternative has the most users?
MailPoet, with 500,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Email Subscription Popup alternative is rated highest?
Poptin, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 695 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Email Subscription Popup 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 Email Subscription Popup 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 Email Subscription Popup 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
MailOptin is the closest match to Email Subscription Popup by the data we track, and MailPoet has the widest reach with 500,000+ active installs. Poptin shipped the most recent release, on September 2, 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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