Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation
Active installs1,000,000+ rounded
Current authorSyed Balkhi
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release23 days ago 14 Aug 2026
Support4 / 4 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record33
Rating4.3 /5 · 816
Added to directory26 Apr 2015
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by Syed Balkhi throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| thebrandonallen | 12 | 25 Aug 2023 | 22 May 2026 |
| mattawesomemotive | 14 | 12 Oct 2023 | 19 Nov 2025 |
| jtsternberg | 2 | 15 Nov 2023 | 27 Feb 2024 |
| miguelaxcar | 1 | 24 May 2024 | 24 May 2024 |
| bogdand | 2 | 12 Nov 2024 | 27 Nov 2024 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 1,000,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
28,433 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 62% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 652,894/day06 Sep 2026
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 0 | 30,490 | 0 | 52,090 | 16,798 | 11,273 | 7,571 | 11,514 | 135,267 | 13,540 | 12,033 | 11,035 | 8,071 |
| Ratings total | 815 | 815 | 815 | 815 | 815 | 815 | 815 | 815 | 815 | 815 | 815 | 815 | 816 | 816 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (1,000,000+) · version (2.17.1) · support threads (4) · threads resolved (4)
36 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory11 years ago 26 Apr 2015
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 14 Aug 2026, 24 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 7.0.4, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 1 release.
- 4 of 4 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 97 other plugins, 38 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 14 Aug 202624 days agoVersion 2.17.1 released
- 14 Aug 202624 days agoVersion 2.17.0 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 22 May 20264 months agoVersion 2.16.24 released
- 19 Nov 202510 months agoVersion 2.16.22 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mattawesomemotive.
- 03 Oct 202511 months agoVersion 2.16.21 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thebrandonallen.
- 24 Jul 202513 months agoVersion 2.16.20 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mattawesomemotive.
- 05 May 202516 months agoVersion 2.16.19 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mattawesomemotive.
- 26 Mar 202517 months agoVersion 2.16.17 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mattawesomemotive.
- 26 Mar 202517 months agoVersion 2.16.18 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mattawesomemotive.
- 24 Feb 202518 months agoVersion 2.16.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thebrandonallen.
- 03 Feb 202519 months agoVersion 2.16.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thebrandonallen.
- 03 Feb 202519 months agoVersion 2.16.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thebrandonallen.
- 22 Jan 202519 months agoVersion 2.16.13 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thebrandonallen.
- 02 Dec 202421 months agoVersion 2.16.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mattawesomemotive.
- 27 Nov 202421 months agoVersion 2.16.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by bogdand.
- 25 Aug 20233 years ago18 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 25 Aug 2023 and 27 Nov 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 26 Apr 201511 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Syed Balkhi for all 36 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 23 days ago (14 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000,000+ active installs.
- It carries 816 ratings, averaging 4.3 out of 5.
- 4 of 4 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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