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WP Popup · Version history

WP Popup changelog and version history

Latest version
1.2.7
Dec 3, 2025 (11 months ago)
Releases
15
since 2019
In the last year
1
Tested up to
WordPress 6.9.11

Releases each year

  • 20195 releases
  • 20204 releases
  • 20212 releases
  • 20221 release
  • 20241 release
  • 20252 releases

20252 releases

  1. WP Popup 1.2.7Latest

    • Fix a PHP warning regarding _load_textdomain_just_in_time.

  2. WP Popup 1.2.6

    • Add new setting for specifying a popup’s ID attribute.
    • Avoid a potential fatal error when Beaver Builder is active and another plugin or theme sets the post__not_in query var incorrectly (a rare situation).
    • Fix a bug that could cause extra
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    • p> tags to be added to popups built using the Block Editor when the ‘Disable “the_content” filters’ setting was enabled. * Fix PHP deprecation warnings on servers running PHP 8.1 and above.

20241 release

  1. WP Popup 1.2.5

    • Fix bug that could occasionally cause certain single posts to redirect to the homepage on sites without Beaver Builder.

20221 release

  1. WP Popup 1.2.4

    • Add new setting for maximizing the Z-Index value.
    • Add new Advanced settings panel and move some settings into it.
    • Fix bug “undefined” displays in the class names when the “light” Close Button Theme is selected.
    • Fix bug where newest popup was not displaying if there were multiples set on same post.

20212 releases

  1. WP Popup 1.2.3

    • New filter, wp_popup_display, to pick which popup to show. This allows themes to assign multiple popups to a post and then use the new filter to determine which popup to display.
    • Enable the block editor.
    • Remove the plugin sidebar from the wp-popup post types.
    • Fix bug where having Beaver Builder installed prevented popup’s content from displaying.
    • Fix PHP 8 Notice with CMB2, update CMB2.

  2. WP Popup 1.2.2

    • Bugfix to no longer require fields that are hidden in the WP admin.
    • Accessibility improvements addressing issues with tabindex, CSS outlines, and aria attribute placement.
    • Removed problematic content filtering when running on a site using Elementor.
    • The behavior of the ‘Disable “the_content” filters’ checkbox has changed: when this box is checked in a popup’s settings, WP Popup will use its own filter hook on popup content, called wp_popup_content, instead of changing which callbacks are bound to the_content. This fixes potential PHP errors th…
    • Added aria roles for increased a11y; fixed errant PHP notice.

20204 releases

  1. WP Popup 1.2.1

    • Update the disabling of the block editor. The hook that allowed post types to disable the block editor was updated in WordPress version 5.

  2. WP Popup 1.2

  3. WP Popup 1.1.61

  4. WP Popup 1.1.6

    • Added the ability to use WP Popup with Beaver Builder. Edit popups with Beaver Builder.

20195 releases

  1. WP Popup 1.1.5

    • Fix bug undefined function get_plugin_data().

  2. WP Popup 1.1.4

    • Fix bug where popups would not work on Elementor pages. The popups would show the post content (including Elementor styles) in the popup instead of showing the popup’s content.

  3. WP Popup 1.1.3

    • Fix minor styling issue with spinning loading gif in the admin.

  4. WP Popup 1.1

    • Add activation functions that migrate Smart Popups to work with this plugin.

  5. WP Popup 1.0

    • Rename plugin from Smart Overlay to Smart Popup
    • Re-Arranged options into groups, styles for the popup inside, styles for the popup outside and display options.
    • New option: Background Color for outer mask.
    • New option: Background color for inner popup.
    • New option: Max Height
    • New option: Min Height
    • New option: Padding
    • New option: Borders
    • New option: Opacity
    • Disable Gutenberg editor for popups.

Questions about WP Popup’s releases

What is the latest version of WP Popup?

1.2.7, released on Dec 3, 2025 (11 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 6.9.11.

How often is WP Popup updated?

One release in the last year. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from January 2019.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in WP Popup’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.