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Best add plugins for WordPress

The most popular add plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Pages with category and tag leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of Timeline Express HTML Excerpts Add-on (1K+) and SB RSS feed plus (1K+). All 23 plugins tagged “add” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 add plugins

  1. 1.
    Pages with category and tag

    The most installed add plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 28 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Timeline Express HTML Excerpts Add-on

    1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.

  3. 3.
    SB RSS feed plus

    1K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 10 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.

  4. 4.
    Permalink Trailing Slash Fixer

    600+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.

  5. 5.
    Bulk Term Editor

    300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.

  6. 6.
    JC Recaptcha

    100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.

  7. 7.
    Page Categorizer

    100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.

  8. 8.
    Upload Files by Default When Inserting Media

    70+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  9. 9.
    Brozzme Plugins Thumbnails

    60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.

  10. 10.
    Clients

    50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

All 23 plugins tagged “add”