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Video Popup

Video Popup – Video Lightbox for YouTube, Vimeo & MP4

Video Popup plugin lets you create unlimited, responsive Video Lightbox and Popup for YouTube, Vimeo, MP4 & WebM on click or page load.

★★★★★4.5 (43) · 10k+ active installs
Free
Website ↗ WordPress.org ↗
what mrrlens sees
MRR · Freemium · upsell unknownPrice not published
Opportunity—
Buyer threads · 30 d0
“Version 1.0.3 seriously cripples the plugin”
#1 complaint · Bugs/Reliability · 33% of complaints read · analysed Oct 30, 2026 · source

01Revenue

Price not publishedFreemium · upsell unknown
Why there is no estimate

Video Popup has a paid tier, but the listing publishes no price. Without one, any revenue figure would rest on a guessed price, so MRRLens shows none and leaves revenue out of its opportunity score.

Exploratory math, not an estimate: if it charged a typical price for its marketplace, active users × paid conversion × monthly price would give $400–2k a month. Assumptions: active users: 10k; 0.5%–2.5% of active users pay; no public price: assumed $8.00/month, typical for this marketplace. Methodology.

2 daily snapshots · growth 30 d: —

Store data from the WordPress.org listing, refreshed daily. Updated 21 h ago. Listed since 2016.

02Why users leave Video Popup

5★84%
4★0%
3★5%
2★2%
1★9%
Bugs/Reliability2 reviews · 33%

Version 1.0.3 update cripples the plugin, causing serious reliability issues and breaking existing video popups.

“Version 1.0.3 seriously cripples the plugin” source ↗
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Sample: 6 recent complaints (1–3★ reviews) · clustered Oct 30, 2026 · complaints from Oct 2017–Aug 2021, none in the last 24 months — history, not today · each review labelled by a model, quotes verbatim

03How to build a better Video Popup

Build difficultyLowPublic video APIs, simple WordPress plugin, no payments or compliance; main effort is stable updates and thumbnail caching.
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04Who wants a better Video Popup

0 buyer threads in the last 30 days name Video Popup.

05Questions about Video Popup

How much revenue does Video Popup make?

MRRLens shows no revenue figure for Video Popup. It sells a paid tier but does not publish the price, and an estimate built on an assumed price would be a guess. The exploratory math is on the page, labelled as such.

What do users complain about most in Video Popup?

Across 6 recent complaints, the most common is bugs/reliability (33%). Version 1.0.3 update cripples the plugin, causing serious reliability issues and breaking existing video popups.

What are the best Video Popup alternatives?

The closest alternatives MRRLens found are Video Popup Block, WP Video Popup and WP Video Lightbox. The full list, with why users leave, is on the Video Popup alternatives page.

How many people use Video Popup?

Video Popup lists 10k+ active installs on WordPress.org, rated 4.5 (43).

See the full x-ray of Video Popup

Full 1-star breakdown with verbatim quotes, the build blueprint and every live thread — on every product.