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.
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Top 10 add plugins
- 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.
Timeline Express HTML Excerpts Add-on1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 3.
SB RSS feed plus1K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 10 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 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.
Bulk Term Editor300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 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.
Page Categorizer100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
Upload Files by Default When Inserting Media70+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Brozzme Plugins Thumbnails60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 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”
Pages with category and tag
#713by YAHMAN2 months ago
Add Categories and Tags to Pages.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.8(28)
- Downloads
- 66/day

Timeline Express HTML Excerpts Add-on
Up in the last 7 days:11#5,507by Evan Herman3 years ago
Enable a new HTML Excerpt field on Timeline Express announcements, which can be used to replace the default generated excerpts.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

SB RSS feed plus
Down in the last 7 days:14#5,688by ladislav.soukup9 years ago
This plugin will add post thumbnail to RSS feed items. Add signatur or simple ads. Create fulltext RSS (via special url).
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(10)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Permalink Trailing Slash Fixer
Down in the last 7 days:56#8,198by Mehdi Kabab14 years ago
Quickly add a trailing slash in the URLs if it's missing in the permalink structure.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Bulk Term Editor
Down in the last 7 days:35#10,008by Yuya Hoshino2 years ago
You can register or edit terms in bulk. Copy cells in the spreadsheet, all that remains is to paste to this plugin.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
JC Recaptcha
Up in the last 7 days:94#15,836by llavillaccama11 years ago
The Add new recaptcha google plugin allows you to implement a super security REcaptcha form into web forms.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Page Categorizer
Up in the last 7 days:26#15,905by Patrick Lumumba2 months ago
Easily add Categories to WordPress Pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Upload Files by Default When Inserting Media
Down in the last 7 days:54#18,775by cubecolour1 year ago
Makes the Upload Files tab active rather than the Media Library Tab when adding images or other media to a page or post. Useful if you do not often re …
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Brozzme Plugins Thumbnails
Up in the last 7 days:86#19,518by Benoti5 years ago
Add thumbnail column to plugins list table in the admin plugins page even they are not in the repository.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Clients
Down in the last 7 days:88#20,106by Think2018 years ago
Clients provide you an easiest way to add and retrieve clients. Various UI styling to choose to display your client list is the add on you were lookin …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Add Links to Pages
Down in the last 7 days:298#21,890by Andy Charrington15 years ago
Add Links to Pages allows you to add page specific links and have tim displayed through a widget.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

MaxiCharts Colors Add-on
Up in the last 7 days:8#30,666by maxicharts5 years ago
Extends MaxiCharts plugin with new color sets. Requires installation of [Maxicharts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/maxicharts/ "MaxiCharts").
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Import Users
Down in the last 7 days:220#34,363by Boone Gorges16 years ago
Allows blog administrators to add multiple users to blogs at a time.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Add File Version (AFV)
Down in the last 7 days:63#34,794by Joemakev8 years ago
Add File Version (AFV) can automatically or manually add file version to the CSS/JS files that were added using wp_enqueue_style and wp_enqueue_script …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Add User Autocomplete
Up in the last 7 days:9,237#36,583by Boone Gorges2 months ago
Enables autocomplete for the Add Existing User field at Dashboard > Users > Add New. Requires Multisite.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Publicidades
#39,488by Claudio Adrian Marrero15 years ago
Gestiona los clicks de las publicidades de tu sito, colocandole un simple link que redirecciona a la web del
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Anchor Highlighter
Up in the last 7 days:1,898#41,089by Luciano Castro10 years ago
This plugins adds a class to the anchors that matches the url on your browser so you can style it with css.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Show Plugin Menu Items on Activation
#44,626by Kellen Mace9 years ago
Identify any newly added menu items on plugin activation.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Login Logo Changer
Down in the last 7 days:10,739#46,037by Ahmad Awais6 years ago
Add your custom logo at login screen with one simple step.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Easy Google Analytics Tracking Code
Down in the last 7 days:5,744#46,087by FerranBCN7 years ago
Easy way to add your google analytics tracking code to your wordpress blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Add Submit Button On Top
Down in the last 7 days:4,328#46,983by Jonathan15 years ago
Adds a 2nd Submit button on top of the page when editing your Admin Settings.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day