Best popup window plugins for WordPress
The most popular popup window plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Alligator Popup leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Alligator Menu Popup (500+) and WP-Shabbat (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “popup window” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 popup window plugins
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Alligator PopupThe most installed popup window plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 45 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Alligator Menu Popup500+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 17 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
WP-Shabbat10+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 3 plugins tagged “popup window”
Alligator Popup
Down in the last 7 days:10#5,113by cubecolour1 year ago
Add popups to your site. Add links to pages/posts via a shortcode which will be opened in a popup browser window.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(45)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Alligator Menu Popup
Down in the last 7 days:8#8,639by cubecolour1 year ago
Add the 'mpopup' class to a menu item in a custom menu to open the target in a popup Window.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.8(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP-Shabbat
Down in the last 7 days:382#30,565by DrMosko9 years ago
Close site or display popup message on Shabbat and Holidays by identifying the address of the user IP and close to 40 km
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day