Best ancestors plugins for WordPress
The most popular ancestors plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. RootsPersona leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of GedShow (200+) and CSS Page Ancestors (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “ancestors” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 ancestors plugins
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RootsPersonaThe most installed ancestors plugin, with 400+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 17 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
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GedShow200+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 8 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
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CSS Page AncestorsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 3 plugins tagged “ancestors”
RootsPersona
Up in the last 7 days:87#9,561by urryes2 days ago
A real WordPress page for every person of your family tree, made from a GEDCOM file: photos, maps, sources, search and a front page for the tree.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.6(17)
- Downloads
- 22/day
GedShow
Down in the last 7 days:111#12,514by colinsp2 years ago
GedShow creates a shortcode to display the contents of an uploaded gedcom file to show the family history of individuals in the file.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.6(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
CSS Page Ancestors
Down in the last 7 days:3,552#57,310by giannisg9 years ago
Add ancestors classes in your body_class to CSS control ALL the anchestors of your page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day