Best adjacent plugins for WordPress
The most popular adjacent plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Ambrosite Next/Previous Post Link Plus leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of Ambrosite Next/Previous Page Link Plus (900+) and Fixed Adjacent Post (50+). All 3 plugins tagged “adjacent” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 adjacent plugins
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Ambrosite Next/Previous Post Link PlusThe most installed adjacent plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 49 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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Ambrosite Next/Previous Page Link Plus900+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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Fixed Adjacent Post50+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
All 3 plugins tagged “adjacent”
Ambrosite Next/Previous Post Link Plus
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,969by ambrosite9 years ago
Upgrades the next/previous post link functions to reorder or loop adjacent post navigation links, display post thumbnails, and customize link format.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(49)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Ambrosite Next/Previous Page Link Plus
Up in the last 7 days:13#7,094by ambrosite14 years ago
Creates two new template tags for generating next/previous page navigation links.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Fixed Adjacent Post
Down in the last 7 days:44#20,162by Kite12 years ago
Fix the not-excluding terms bug of get_adjacent_post().
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day