Modal Popup Box — WordPress Popup Plugin
Modal Popup Box — Popup Maker & Popup Builder
by A WP Life · WordPress.org page · Website
Modal Popup Box has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 139,872 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 20, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Modal Popup Box at a glance
Is Modal Popup Box well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Two Trigger Modes – Open your popup automatically on page load or let visitors click a button to open it
- Open Delay Timer – Set a custom delay from 0 to 60 seconds before your popup appears after page load
- 5 Color Presets – Choose from Blue, Red, Green, Purple, or Orange themes, or set a custom background color
- 4 Animation Effects – Fade and Scale, Slide Right, Side Fall, and 3D Flip for smooth popup transitions
- Overlay Opacity Control – Adjust background dimming from 0 percent to 100 percent to match your design
- Custom Button Styling – Change the popup trigger button text, font size, and color to fit your theme
- Simple Shortcode System – Place your popup on any page, post, or widget area with a single shortcode
- Fully Responsive Layout – Your popup adapts to every screen size without any extra configuration
- Content Flexibility – Embed text, HTML, shortcodes, images, videos, and forms inside your popup
- Lightweight and Fast – No Bootstrap, no jQuery, just clean code that loads quickly on every page
- Block Theme Compatible – Works perfectly with Full Site Editing themes and the WordPress block editor
- Accessible Design – Keyboard focus trapping and proper ARIA markup for screen reader support
Modal Popup Box reviews and ratings
10 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Really dislike the recommendations
Plugin works okay. Really dislike the additional plugin recommendations that looked more like the kind of recommendations/mandatory plugin requirements that themes use. Also really disliked that it was titled "Extra recommends..." - Extra? What's Extra? It has nothing to do with the name of this plugin or the developer. I had a moment of panic thinking someone logged in and installed a new theme called Extra. Took deactivating/reactivating plugins one-by-one to track down where the messages was coming from. Very annoying.
jirvin -
Somewhat Simple and useful but not for developers.. No Hooks
add some actions and filters in key places in the code and it will be very useful.
stormhill -
Super Limited Functionality + Lackluster Support
I upgraded to premium with the impression it was going to allow me to configure the button with some additional options, but even with that, it's extremely limited in terms of any customization or utility. Additionally, support was futile once I started asking questions regarding its functionality. I also requested a refund but to no prevail (actually no answer). I wasn't even inclined to leave a review until they went ghost. There's other modals that offer a lot more functionality even on the basic level.
tjgottfried -
Sry :)
I dont used this plugin) I was wrong :)
sden -
top ↑
very good plugin
wordpress Spec -
Easy To Use
Easy to use. I agree with what other say need work more on UI. But this for now is all I need, works smooth, responsive window. Thank you very much, guys.
agusapri
Where Modal Popup Box ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Modal Popup Box appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Popup Plugins | #58 by tag, #25 in search | #32 | – |
Modal Popup Box alternatives
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Popup Maker 7,000+ installs · 4.5 -
MailOptin 10,000+ installs · 4.8 -
OptiMonk 3,000+ installs · 4.7
Details
Modal Popup Box is a lightweight popup maker builder. Create beautiful popups to display offers, news, videos, forms, and more with smooth animations.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Modal Popup Box competes in
Tags
- news box
- offer popup
- popup
- popup builder
- popup maker
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- Version
- 2.1.3
- Last updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- First published
- Feb 15, 2017
- Requires WordPress
- 5.0
- Tested up to
- 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free, paid version available
Modal Popup Box FAQ
What does Modal Popup Box do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Modal Popup Box offers Two Trigger Modes – Open your popup automatically on page load or let visitors click a button to open it, Open Delay Timer – Set a custom delay from 0 to 60 seconds before your popup appears after page load, 5 Color Presets – Choose from Blue, Red, Green, Purple, or Orange themes, or set a custom background color, 4 Animation Effects – Fade and Scale, Slide Right, Side Fall, and 3D Flip for smooth popup transitions and Overlay Opacity Control – Adjust background dimming from 0 percent to 100 percent to match your design.
How many active installs does Modal Popup Box have?
WordPress.org reports 2,000+ active installs for Modal Popup Box as of September 7, 2026.
Is Modal Popup Box still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 20, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Is Modal Popup Box free?
Modal Popup Box is free to install from WordPress.org. The developer lists it as commercial, so a paid version or paid add-ons exist.
Where does Modal Popup Box rank among Popup Plugins?
Modal Popup Box is #32 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking.