Best academia plugins for WordPress
The most popular academia plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Academic Blogger's Toolkit leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of ImpactPubs (100+) and Scholar Metrics Panels (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “academia” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 academia plugins
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Academic Blogger's ToolkitThe most installed academia plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 28 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
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ImpactPubs100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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Scholar Metrics PanelsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “academia”
Academic Blogger's Toolkit
Up in the last 7 days:14#10,509by dsifford7 years ago
A plugin extending the functionality of Wordpress for academic blogging.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.3(28)
- Downloads
- 11/day
ImpactPubs
Down in the last 7 days:11#15,222by CAYdenberg9 years ago
Search PubMed and display publication information on your blog or website. Note: Plugin previously also accessed OCRID and ImpactStory.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scholar Metrics Panels
Down in the last 7 days:1,082#68,624by Reviewer 23 months ago
Display customizable OpenAlex research panels for a specific institution or country using two explicit shortcodes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day