Alligator Popup is the #42 ranked popup app on WordPress, with a 4.9 average rating from 45 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Alligator Popup is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by cubecolour. With a rating of 4.9★ from 45 reviews, it currently ranks #42 in the Popup category.
AppRanks data: Alligator Popup ranks #42 in Popup on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 11% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Alligator Popup is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Popup category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 45 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.9★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by cubecolour — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (45) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Alligator Popup works
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This plugin allows you to enter a shortcode to add links to pages/posts which will be opened in a popup window. The only options in Alligator popup are entered in the shortcode, so there is no admin page for this plugin.
Shortcode: Add a popup shortcode where you would like a link to appear within your post or page text. The shortcode has parameters for url, height and width and should be in the format:
[popup url="https://cubecolour.co.uk/wp" height="300" width="300" scrollbars="yes" alt="popup"]Link Text[/popup]
Include your own Link Text and values for the url the width & height of the popup, and the alt text fot the link.
If no values are entered for the alt text and the height and width, defaults of 400px are used for the width & height of the popup window.
Scrollbars are enabled by default and will show if the scrollbars parameter is not added to the shortcode. If you do not want scrollbars on your popup window, add the scrollbars parameter with the value “no” to the shortcode: scrollbars="no"
If no value is entered for the alt text, an empty alt tag will be used in the link.
HTML Link: Instead of using the shortcode you can include your link in the format:
<a href="https://cubecolour.co.uk/wp" class="popup" data-height="300" data-width="300" data-scrollbars="0" alt="my link text">Link Text</a>
This might be useful in a text widget, or you can build the link in a template file of your theme.
Note: If you are using any other plugin (or a theme) that uses a shortcode with the name ‘popup’, you will not be able to use this plugin. This is not because of any shortcoming in this plugin, but because shortcodes such as those to create popup links should always be implemented in a plugin not a theme.
On mobile devices such as iPads which don’t use browser windows, the link will open in a new tab.
This plugin was written in response to a post by a WordPress.org forum user who promised to wrestle an alligator if his problem with creating popups was solved.
Category rankings
As of Sep 7, 2026- Popup#42of 418Top 11%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where Alligator Popup stands in the Popup category
Alligator Popup ranks #42 of 418 apps in the Popup category, placing it in the top 11% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Alligator Popup?
Alligator Popup is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.9-star rating from 45 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Popup category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by cubecolour.
Who uses Alligator Popup?
Currently around 2,000 active stores have installed Alligator Popup. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Popup category on WordPress.
Where does Alligator Popup rank on WordPress?
Alligator Popup currently sits at position #42 in the Popup category on WordPress. That places it in the top 10% of 418 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.