Best actions plugins for WordPress
The most popular actions plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Debug Bar Actions and Filters Addon leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of Debug Bar Slow Actions (100+) and Advanced Bulk Actions (100+). All 26 plugins tagged “actions” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 actions plugins
- 1.
Debug Bar Actions and Filters AddonThe most installed actions plugin, with 400+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 2.
Debug Bar Slow Actions100+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 15 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 3.
Advanced Bulk Actions100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 4.
Admin Command Palette60+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 5.
Stream to Slack20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 6.
Dashboard Quick Actions10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 7.
Deploy Trigger for GitHub10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.
WP Butler10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 9.
rtPanel Hooks Editor10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 10.
NF Conditional Actions10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 26 plugins tagged “actions”
Debug Bar Actions and Filters Addon
Down in the last 7 days:46#9,786by Subharanjan4 years ago
Displays all the hooks( Actions and Filters ) for the current request in Debug Bar panel.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 31/day
Debug Bar Slow Actions
Down in the last 7 days:200#13,283by Konstantin Kovshenin8 years ago
Easily find out which actions and filters are the slowest during a page load.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(15)
- Downloads
- 210/day
Advanced Bulk Actions
Up in the last 7 days:23#13,453by Jesper van Engelen9 years ago
Supercharge the WordPress admin panel with additional bulk actions to manage your content
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Command Palette
#19,202by jhned9 years ago
Optimize WordPress admin navigation with a modal window to search for and navigate directly to WordPress admin pages.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Stream to Slack
Down in the last 7 days:245#27,032by Nathan Monk11 years ago
Send your Stream records to Slack.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dashboard Quick Actions
#30,986by js248410 years ago
Admin dashboard quick action icons and links for WordPress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Deploy Trigger for GitHub
Down in the last 7 days:364#32,931by Facundo1 year ago
Trigger GitHub Actions workflows from WordPress when content changes. Perfect for headless WordPress setups.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Butler
Down in the last 7 days:38#34,139by Japh13 years ago
Provides a text field in the WP Admin allowing you to jump to common WP Actions.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
rtPanel Hooks Editor
Down in the last 7 days:5,593#40,638by rtCamp12 years ago
This plugin is add-on for [rtPanel Theme Framework](https://wordpress.org/themes/rtpanel "rtPanel Theme Framework") and should be used along …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
NF Conditional Actions
#40,921by macnetic-labs9 years ago
NF Conditional Actions adds a action type for conditional messages or emails.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Captain Hooks
Up in the last 7 days:2,521#43,214by David Beja1 year ago
Captain Hooks is a WordPress plugin that provides developers with a comprehensive view of all actions, filters, and shortcodes of their environment.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Hook Finder
Up in the last 7 days:2,975#43,708by Matt Cohen16 years ago
Scan a WordPress theme or plugin for functions that are attached to hooks and filters and for any custom actions or filters that are added by the code …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Prioritize Hooks
Down in the last 7 days:4,081#43,800by Jon Weatherhead13 years ago
Prioritize Hooks allows the overriding of the priority of various filters and actions hooked by plugins and themes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Trigger Happy
Down in the last 7 days:5,375#45,364by hotsource9 years ago
Connect your plugins and automate your workflow using Trigger Happy - A visual Trigger and Action workflow tool for WordPress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
KMM Hacks
#45,926by kronemultimedia6 years ago
Running WordPress on large scale and stumbling upon various performance issues?
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Plain Logger
Down in the last 7 days:7,118#45,928by hxh909 years ago
Requires at least: 3.9 Tested up to: 4.7 Stable tag: 1.1.2
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stream to Papertrail
Down in the last 7 days:1,015#46,333by Japh11 years ago
Send your Stream records to Papertrail for safe-keeping.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sectors
Down in the last 7 days:1,929#47,386by Joachim Jensen2 years ago
What if you could add templates, actions, and filters depending on the context?
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TS Collections
Down in the last 7 days:12,634#48,438by rktaiwala10 years ago
TS Collections provide some usefull Wordpress Customizations, filters, actions to make your wordpress experience more smoother and user friendly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Practical Publishing Actions
Up in the last 7 days:6,906#57,471by Lance9 years ago
After saving a post, go directly back to the posts list or create a new one.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hook Locator
Up in the last 7 days:4,221#60,081by Jaydip1 year ago
Powerful WordPress hook search and analysis tool. Instantly find and analyze actions, filters, and custom hooks across all plugins and themes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Intent Flow
Down in the last 7 days:9,646#62,158by adaptatuweb23 days ago
Automate WordPress without limits. No credits, no subscription, built-in scheduler, WCAG-accessible UI and GDPR-friendly self-hosted architecture.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sequensy
Down in the last 7 days:3,642#63,945by Summix8 months ago
Build visual workflows that automate WordPress tasks — connect triggers to actions with zero code.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Togra ContentFlow
Down in the last 7 days:275#72,267by Togra Studio24 days ago
Lightweight workflow automation for WordPress: when something happens, if your conditions match, then perform actions.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day