Best anchor plugins for WordPress
The most popular anchor plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Hyperlink Group Block leads with 7K+ active installs, ahead of Addon Elementor Container Link (2K+) and Anchor Block (2K+). All 33 plugins tagged “anchor” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 anchor plugins
- 1.
Hyperlink Group BlockThe most installed anchor plugin, with 7K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 14 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 2.
Addon Elementor Container Link2K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Anchor Block2K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Add Anchor Links1K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 6 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.Content Anchor Links
1K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 6.
Smoothscroller400+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.StripTease
300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 8.Fixed Menu Anchor
200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 9.Advanced Link Block
100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.WP LocalScroll
60+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 6 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
All 33 plugins tagged “anchor”

Hyperlink Group Block
Up in the last 7 days:13#2,559by Daniel Floeter4 days ago
Make a group of blocks clickable: wrap a card, teaser or post tile with one link (<a>).
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.3(14)
- Downloads
- 105/day

Addon Elementor Container Link
Down in the last 7 days:6#4,356by Faiz R12 days ago
Enhance your Elementor Website Builder with Addon Elementor Container Link by adding custom URL or link support to containers, sections, inner section …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 45/day

Anchor Block
#4,977by Jb Audras2 months ago
Anchor Block let you generate internal link to any section of your Gutenberg pages.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.1(8)
- Downloads
- 15/day

Add Anchor Links
Down in the last 7 days:15#6,305by Karolina Vyskocilova7 months ago
Creates anchor links to heading tags in the content of selected posts, just like Github does within the Readme.md files.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Content Anchor Links
Down in the last 7 days:19#6,767by Roland Barker5 years ago
Easily add content anchors to your pages and posts
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.8(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Smoothscroller
#9,178by neilgee1 month ago
This plugin adds a smooth scroll effect to anchor links on the same page. Options to add the effect globally or on certain posts/pages.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
StripTease
Up in the last 7 days:9#10,907by Guy4 years ago
Strips the #more fragments from the end of Read More teaser links so they link to full posts.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fixed Menu Anchor
Down in the last 7 days:46#12,933by k00ni10 years ago
If you are using a sticky, fixed menu in your WP theme, this plugin is the best to deal with it overlapping anchored content.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Link Block
Down in the last 7 days:49#14,760by Scerno1 year ago
Turn any block into a clickable link in the Gutenberg editor, with advanced options like phone, email, download, and more.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP LocalScroll
Up in the last 7 days:39#19,905by philiprabbett13 years ago
This plugin will animate a regular anchor navigation with a smooth scrolling effect.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Enable Gravity Forms Confirmation Anchor
#20,003by Wild Operation5 months ago
Enables the confirmation anchor functionality for all Gravity Forms on your site.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day

Automatic Hx Menu
#24,181by albedo01 year ago
Automatically generate a navigation menu from the titles of a post or a page
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AutoLink
Down in the last 7 days:56#24,582by andreu15 years ago
This plugin automatically adds HTML anchor tags to plain text links and email addresses embedded in the content of posts and pages.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Anchor
Down in the last 7 days:78#25,686by benediktbergmann3 years ago
Auto Anchor is a WordPress plugin. It adds an HTML anchor to every Header-tag (h2-h6) and shows a small chain icon on the side when one is hovering ov …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nofollow External Link
Up in the last 7 days:116#28,751by Dinesh S12 years ago
Insert 'rel=nofollow' and 'target=_blank' to all the external links automatically into your website posts or pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom Anchor Block
#29,506by onlinewebgrow1 year ago
Add customizable anchor links as text or buttons with custom colors to create smooth in-page navigation in WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

extLnk
Up in the last 7 days:11,191#35,205by schokokeks10 years ago
Rewrite your external Links(a-tags) on-the-fly in your posts,pages,and optionally in your comments. Insert rel=nofollow, target, title and more.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
wp-permamod
#39,069by Pierre Prinetti7 years ago
Very simple plugin that adds an anchor to page and post permalinks, which can point to an existant anchor in your template.
- 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

Anchor Menu
Up in the last 7 days:6,251#41,206by anchormenu2 months ago
An accessible anchor menu that highlights the active section and improves navigation on desktop and mobile devices.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Paragraph Level IDs
Down in the last 7 days:7,022#43,286by robertsharp12 years ago
The plugin adds an 'id' attribute to each paragraph tag in a blog post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Link Badges
Up in the last 7 days:2,978#43,711by Marcus Downing6 years ago
Add document icons and file sizes to links
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Anchor Links Plugin
#44,888by oue.st16 years ago
Auto add a summary in each article using his tags.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Aw target blank
#45,987by Farhan haider7 years ago
You don't need to set target blank to open link in new tab in each file just install this plugin and enjoy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day

Ultimate Table of Contents
#46,781by irfankhan303 years ago
Ultimate Table of Contents plugin for specific for content have heading.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Sticky TOC
Up in the last 7 days:8,542#53,430by pavlobondarchuk1 year ago
Lightweight sticky table of contents for mobile and desktop. Automatically generates anchor links for h2–h4 headings. No jQuery.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Anchor
#61,859by Darren Cooney1 year ago
A small microplugin for generating anchor links from block content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

gRDV Anchor Transition
Down in the last 7 days:14,295#63,047by grdv2 months ago
Hide abrupt anchor jumps and fast scroll-to-anchor movement, style a back-to-top button, and find broken anchors on the page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Turnatoc
Down in the last 7 days:10,623#66,227by turnaplugins29 days ago
Table of contents for posts and pages. Switch from LuckyWP Table of Contents without changing a page or a heading link.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scroll Anchor for Gravity Forms
#68,019by quinciegaile3 months ago
Choose exactly which Gravity Forms use the confirmation anchor, not just an all-or-nothing sitewide toggle.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom Hyperlinks
Up in the last 7 days:3,203#68,620by techmuzz5 years ago
This plugin helps update and/or customize hyperlinks in post content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sticky Header Anchor Fixer
#71,657by WebTechee10 months ago
Fixes anchor jumps hidden under sticky headers.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day