Nelio Popups
An intuitive popup designer based on open WordPress technologies
Solid choice
Nelio Popups is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 400+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 1 month ago, and scores 78/100 on our health check.
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
- Small user base (400+ active installs)
How does it stack up?
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Nelio Popups stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| block-editor | >100 |
| conversion | >100 |
| exit-intent | #32 |
| modal | #97 |
| popup | #66 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 8 reviews
About Nelio Popups
From the official readme · v1.5.0Description
THE EASIEST WORDPRESS POPUP BUILDER FOR THE BLOCK EDITOR
Nelio Popups is the most intuitive and well-designed popup creator for WordPress. Bend it to create any type of popup, modal, or content overlay for your WordPress website.
With Nelio Popups you can turn website visitors into email subscribers, increase sales, and grow your business. Enjoy the popup creation process using the WordPress block editor and all its power.
Reasons for choosing Nelio Popups
Here’s why you should switch to Nelio Popups:
#1. 🚀 It’s awesome
Your popup creation experience is our #1 priority. Nelio Popups’ editor won’t annoy you when designing awesome popups and slide-ins like other WordPress popup plugins do. Nelio Popups uses the WordPress block editor and allows you to include any block within your popups.
#2. 😎 It’s easy
We were tired of the bloated and slow popup builder plugins with complex settings. That’s why we built Nelio Popups to adapt to your marketing workflow and allow you to create custom popups, newsletter opt-in forms, slide-ins, announcement bars, and other high converting lead generation forms within minutes.
By using the standard WordPress drag & drop block editor, you can easily customize the look and feel of your campaigns, and even add third-party block elements like countdown timers, form integrations, or even block patterns, that change based on user behavior (no code necessary).
#3. 🎨 Simplifies styling and design
If you have an eye for detail you’ll love the additional customization options available with Nelio Popups. As well as basic appearance elements like layout, images, typography, and color that you can set with the WordPress block editor we use, Nelio Popups allows for more advanced detailing like popups borders, shadow, sizing, and more. In addition to it, the styles of your popup will match the ones in your WordPress theme without any further effort from you.
#4. 🎯 Targets visitors with smart conditions
As well as intelligent visibility conditions, Nelio Popups also allows you to set up a range of behavior triggers for your popups and slide-ins. Including: click, hover, scroll, exit-intent, and more. Furthermore, Nelio Popups has all the behavior and condition settings you’ll need to target visitors. Set up intelligent conditions such as: specific pages and posts, source of arrival, browser cookie, and a whole lot more.
#5. ℹ️ You are not alone
The desire of each customer and the problems that have arisen are the priority issues that have to be solved by our support team. That is why our team works very hard to help and satisfy the demands and wishes of all its customers. If there is a question that you would like to ask, or there is something unclear, then our support team is ready to answer each question in detail to satisfy any interest.
Installation
Installation through the WordPress Dashboard
- Login to your WordPress admin.
- Click on the plugins tab.
- Click the Add New button.
- Search for “Nelio Popups.”
- Look for our plugin, click “Install Now” and then “Activate.”
And that’s it! You can now use Nelio Popups on your site.
Nelio Popups Premium
If you’re interested in unlocking the full potential of our plugin, just purchase the premium version of Nelio Popups. Once you complete the checkout process, you’ll receive an email with instructions on how to use it.
Created by Nelio Software
Nelio Popups is built by the Nelio team. We create high-quality WordPress plugins that help you grow your WordPress sites.
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Frequently asked questions
Where do I report security bugs found in this plugin?
Please report security bugs found in the source code of the Nelio Popups plugin through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify the developers of this plugin.
Can I use Nelio Popups without the block editor?
No. Nelio Popups relies on the block editor (Gutenberg) that comes with modern WordPress versions. You can’t use Nelio Popups with the classic editor or any other content editor for WordPress.
Why do I need Nelio Popups?
Nelio Popups is perfect for business owners, bloggers, eCommerce sites, designers, developers, marketing agencies, and anyone who wants to grow their lists, leads and sales. Even better, Nelio Popups integrates with the WordPress block editor so you can easily embed any block right into your popups!
Do I need to have coding skills to use Nelio Popups?
Absolutely not. You can create and manage popups without any coding knowledge using the WordPress block editor. You can even use existing WordPress block patterns into your popup designs.
Is Nelio Popups a paid plugin?
No. Nelio Popups can be used completely for free using the version available at WordPress.org. However, if you want to unlock its full potential, you’ll need to purchase the premium version.
What’s included in the free version of Nelio Popups?
The free version of Nelio Popups includes the following features: Create and manage as many WordPress popups as you desire. Increase your brand awareness by customizing the design and look of your WordPress pop up. Choose the appropriate and desired WordPress popup opening and closing animations. Create fullscreen popups that are great for getting new subscribers and marketing new products. Set up intelligent conditions to target visitors such as: specific pages and posts, browser cookie or referral. Show the popup when the user hovers a text or clicks somewhere on the web page to make your…
What do I get with a premium plan?
A lot of things: Show popup only when the visitor is about to leave a page with exit-intent detection. Detect adblocking software without losing your ad income and ask your visitors to turn them off by showing specific popups. Add sound effects to grab visitors’ attention. Push your website’s visitors to your desired actions opening popups based on inactivity detection. Additional target conditions based on visitor behavior, device/browser, query parameters, country, content taxonomies, and a whole lot more. Show different popup messages to new visitors vs returning visitors with on-site…
Changelog
Add compatibility with WordPress 7.1.
1.5.0 (August 18, 2026)
- Improve style of spacing components.
- Fix popup patterns with separator block.
- Add compatibility with WordPress 7.1.
1.4.0 (May 19, 2026)
- Improve operating system condition detector.
- Add compatibility with WordPress 7.0.
1.3.6 (January 19, 2026)
- Prevent contributor users from publishing new popups.
1.3.5 (December 29, 2025)
- Fix server evaluation to determine if popup is visible or not.
1.3.4 (December 22, 2025)
- Fix
popupsarray in frontend settings to preventmaperror.
1.3.3 (December 22, 2025)
- Fix sortable columns.
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FAQ
Nelio Popups: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026
Is Nelio Popups free?
Yes. Nelio Popups is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Nelio Popups safe to use in 2026?
Nelio Popups is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 400+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 1 month ago, and scores 78/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Nelio Popups?
Nelio Popups is active on 400+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 17,196 times since it launched in December 2021. It was downloaded 296 times in the last 30 days.
Does Nelio Popups work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested Nelio Popups up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 6.6 or newer.
What PHP version does Nelio Popups need?
Nelio Popups requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Nelio Popups last updated?
The latest version, 1.5.0, was released on August 18, 2026 (1 month ago).
Who makes Nelio Popups?
Nelio Popups is developed and maintained by Nelio Software.
What are the best alternatives to Nelio Popups?
The most popular alternatives to Nelio Popups are Classic Editor (8M+ installs), Advanced Editor Tools (1M+ installs) and Disable Gutenberg (500K+ installs).
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