WordPress Plugins · Rising Stars
Fastest-growing popup plugins
28-day download growth, ranked and dated. As of 2026-07-29. Ranked by exact download-count deltas from WordPress.org's own stats API. No forecasts, no composite score.
Leaderboard
| Rank | Plugin | 28d growth |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VB Popout Banner | +12% |
| 2 | MailMunch – Grow your Email List | +7.7% |
| 3 | Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder | +5.0% |
| 4 | Modal Popup Box — Popup Maker & Popup Builder | +4.8% |
| 5 | Brave – Create Popup, Optins, Lead Generation, Survey, Sticky Elements & Interactive Content | +4.6% |
| 6 | Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox | +4.4% |
| 7 | LIQUID CONNECT | +3.4% |
| 8 | HollerBox — Fast & Effective Popups & Lead-Generation | +2.7% |
| 9 | Popup Maker – Responsive popup, Exit Intent Pop up, Email Optins, Autoresponder & More | +2.5% |
| 10 | Smartarget – Chat Buttons & Engagement Apps | +2.2% |
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