Best action plugins for WordPress
The most popular action plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Call To Action Customizable Block leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Simply Show Hooks (1K+) and Cleanup Action Scheduler (1K+). All 21 plugins tagged “Action” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 action plugins
- 1.
Call To Action Customizable BlockThe most installed action plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Simply Show Hooks1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 63 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
Cleanup Action Scheduler1K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 6 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
WP Hooks Finder1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
New Tab Actions by wasiwarez10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
Form2Wizz10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
Broadcast10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 8.
Another Show Hooks10+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 9.
OrbitCarrot CTA Widget Manager10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 10.
BP Admin Actions10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago.
All 21 plugins tagged “Action”
Call To Action Customizable Block
Down in the last 7 days:14#5,218by Bhavesh Khadodara1 month ago
Easily add customizable call to action blocks in your posts and pages with the Call To Action Customizable Block for Gutenberg.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Simply Show Hooks
Up in the last 7 days:14#5,234by stuartobrien4 months ago
Simply Show Hooks helps theme and plugin developers to quickly see where all the action and filter hooks are on any WordPress page.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(63)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Cleanup Action Scheduler
Down in the last 7 days:5#5,535by laurencebahiirwa15 days ago
Delete Action Scheduler Events to avoid having large database tables.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.2(6)
- Downloads
- 24/day
WP Hooks Finder
Down in the last 7 days:56#6,516by Muhammad Rehman1 year ago
Everything on WordPress depends on the action and filter hooks. And they are the backbone of WordPress. You can enhance or customize any WordPress fun …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
New Tab Actions by wasiwarez
#30,716by Holger Wassenhoven7 months ago
Adds row actions to WordPress post and page list tables for executing in new tab
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Form2Wizz
Down in the last 7 days:759#31,546by Ludovic S. Clain1 year ago
Custom addon which adds new subscriber to MailWizz after an Elementor form submission.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Broadcast
Up in the last 7 days:12,043#36,131by connekthq9 years ago
Broadcast is a call to action (CTA) management plugin that allows you to easy manage and display CTAs within your WordPress content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Another Show Hooks
Up in the last 7 days:1,944#44,043by Exlac4 years ago
Show the origin of an action or filter hook sequentially which helps a developer to debug quickly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
OrbitCarrot CTA Widget Manager
Down in the last 7 days:1,567#45,345by OrbitCarrot10 years ago
The easiest way to create Call to Actions as widgets on your Wordpress site. Customize your own CTA style or use pre-designed ones.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP Admin Actions
Down in the last 7 days:11,804#47,125by Slava Abakumov11 years ago
Let admin do some more stuff with users - adding them to any group manually from members list
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Routed Actions
#47,587by David Cramer12 years ago
Creates a URL to route a request to an action.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hooks Reference
#55,303by moon03261 year ago
Scans all installed plugins to identify where WordPress hooks (add_action, do_action, add_filter, apply_filters) are used.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Events Hooks Listeners
#55,472by Shaharia Azam7 years ago
Listen various events from Wordpress Core actions and perform actions. You can setup various workflow based on specific actions happening in Wordpress …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smartarget Button Builder
#64,107by Erez Hadas-Sonnenschein4 months ago
Build special button with action for your site
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Call to action
Down in the last 7 days:12,863#65,524by Maxim Shevtsov4 years ago
Call to action. Adding a banner and link anywhere on the site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Menu Item Types
Down in the last 7 days:12,267#65,861by Maxime Pertici3 years ago
This Menu Item Types Add-on adds the possibility of adding action in your navigation menus.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Krom Automation
#67,511by wpRigel1 day ago
Visual workflow automation plugin for WordPress that connects what happens on your site to what should happen next.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 9/day