Best anchors plugins for WordPress
The most popular anchors plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. GutenTOC leads with 600+ active installs, ahead of Shortcode Table of Contents (200+) and WP Tab Anchors (50+). All 10 plugins tagged “anchors” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 anchors plugins
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GutenTOCThe most installed anchors plugin, with 600+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 12 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Shortcode Table of Contents200+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 6 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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WP Tab Anchors50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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Mythic Smooth Scroll20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 5.
AIFORYA Table of Contents10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
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Anchors Menu10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
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Devmont TOC NavigatorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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WebNNS Auto Anchor LinksFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Auto Anchor Links ListFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
All 10 plugins tagged “anchors”
GutenTOC
Down in the last 7 days:17#8,121by Tauhidpro1 year ago
GutenTOC is an SEO-friendly Table of Contents builder block for the WordPress block editor. It scans headings in your content and automatically gene …
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.7(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Shortcode Table of Contents
Up in the last 7 days:45#11,566by James Kemp8 years ago
Display an automated table of contents via shortcode.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Tab Anchors
#21,010by AdamBCarrier8 years ago
This plugin allows you to permalink (i.e., bookmark) to content on Twitter Bootstrap 3 tabs via hash tag links.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mythic Smooth Scroll
Down in the last 7 days:426#28,655by corybolles5 years ago
Smooth scrolling plugin with optional offset for fixed/sticky headers.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AIFORYA Table of Contents
Up in the last 7 days:3,478#41,844by aiforya2 months ago
A table of contents whose anchor links keep working after you rename, move or repaginate a section. Fully local, no API key.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Anchors Menu
Down in the last 7 days:10,877#46,256by gonafr16 years ago
Check content and create a widget menu with links that point to words between the HTML tags you choose.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Devmont TOC Navigator
Up in the last 7 days:15,765#52,333by Devmont Digital1 month ago
Add a fast, accessible table of contents with a collapsible header, scroll spy, block, and shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WebNNS Auto Anchor Links
Down in the last 7 days:1,731#62,980by webnns6 months ago
Automatically replaces anchor text with links based on rules.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Anchor Links List
Up in the last 7 days:281#70,170by jethin2 years ago
A block that automatically creates a list of anchor links to headings in a post.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day