Best alpha plugins for WordPress
The most popular alpha plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Payment Gateway leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Iris Color Picker Enhancer (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “alpha” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 alpha plugins
- 1.
Payment GatewayThe most installed alpha plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 13 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
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Iris Color Picker Enhancer20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 2 plugins tagged “alpha”
Payment Gateway
#5,450by Papaki (Enartia S.A.)17 days ago
Accept card and IRIS payments in WooCommerce through the Nexi Alpha Bank paycenter, with pre-authorization, instalments and MasterPass.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(13)
- Downloads
- 56/day
Iris Color Picker Enhancer
Down in the last 7 days:47#26,387by Maeve Lander9 years ago
Customise the default color palette used by Iris Color Picker
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day