Popup Zen — WordPress Popup Plugin
Popup Zen – Small, Simple, Lightweight Email Optin
by Scott Bolinger · WordPress.org page · Website
Popup Zen has 10+ active installs on WordPress.org and 2,198 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on May 30, 2019, tested up to WordPress 5.2.26.
Popup Zen at a glance
Is Popup Zen well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Customize the text, image, and colors
- Choose where it displays – posts, pages, taxonomies, etc
- Integrate your email provider: MailChimp, ConvertKit, MailPoet 3, Drip, Active Campaign, or send to your email address
Popup Zen reviews and ratings
7 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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perfect, lightweight, improved GTMetrix score for Mailchimp
This plugin got me a 5% improvement on my GTMetrix score. That's a huge bump. The lightweight scripts and clean CSS delivered and compiled into the site was a major advantage. Previously, I had configured the standard Mailchimp popup on the MC site and integrated using the MC4WP plugin. It was loading 2-5 remote scripts, remote images, and remote CSS which created extra HTTP requests and added anywhere from 300-500k to a page load. This plugin eliminated the remote script loading lag, allowed scripts to be combined, served from our Cloudflare cache ... BOTTOM LINE: it's a must have if you want a modern popup solution that is unobtrusive to your clients visually and in terms of site performance. p.s. I would love to see an option to alter the amount of time that the thank you message is shown after someone submits their email!
James Revillini -
works well after some adjustments
I had to use some CSS-adjustments with custom classes. For example, there is no spot to properly show some privacy information, so I used a custom class in to content area to display this small text. I also had problems with the image: When I deactivated "do not crop", it wouldn't display. (Maybe something with lazyload?) With cropping disabled the banner looks kind of awful, so I used CSS to cover that up.
Jonas -
Great plugin!
This plugin is very lightweight and simple. Thank you!
Suanlian Tangpua -
Clean, Simple, Easy-to-Use
Our team recently used this great little plugin on a client's site where we wanted an elegant and clean way to encourage subscriber's to the client's soon-to-be launched newsletter. Popup-Zen made the task easy. Great tool!
liamdempsey -
One of my new favorite plugins
I hate pop ups in general, but my clients always want them. I'm so happy to have found a pop up that prevents me from putting invasive or annoying pop ups, but still accomplishes the connection my clients want. I also really love that it takes the font stylings from my site without needing custom CSS! Added bonus. :)
Allie Nimmons -
5 Minute Setup
I've used a number of popup plugins and they always seem overly complicated. Popup Zen wasn't like that at all. I installed it, connected my mailchimp account and had a pop-up created in under 5 minutes. Dead. Simple. Popup Zen just became my new favorite popup tool. Thanks, Scott!
John Hawkins
Details
A WordPress popup that is ultra lightweight, simple to use, and small.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Popup Zen competes in
Tags
- email opt in
- lead generation
- Optin
- pop up
- popup
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- Version
- 0.0.3
- Last updated
- May 30, 2019
- First published
- Mar 13, 2019
- Requires WordPress
- 4.5
- Tested up to
- 5.2.26
- Requires PHP
- –
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Popup Zen FAQ
What does Popup Zen do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Popup Zen offers Customize the text, image, and colors, Choose where it displays – posts, pages, taxonomies, etc and Integrate your email provider: MailChimp, ConvertKit, MailPoet 3, Drip, Active Campaign, or send to your email address.
How many active installs does Popup Zen have?
WordPress.org reports 10+ active installs for Popup Zen as of September 7, 2026.
Is Popup Zen still maintained?
The last release was on May 30, 2019, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.
Is Popup Zen free?
Popup Zen is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.