Best animal rescue plugins for WordPress
The most popular animal rescue plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. PetBridge leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of PetMatchPro (10+) and Doobert Chatbot (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “animal rescue” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 animal rescue plugins
- 1.
PetBridgeThe most installed animal rescue plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 days ago.
- 2.
PetMatchPro10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Doobert ChatbotFewer than 10 active installs. Rated 4.8 from 5 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “animal rescue”

PetBridge
#31,826by PetBridge5 days ago
Embed PetBridge features on your WordPress site to streamline pet adoptions, surrenders, alerts, and engagement with your community.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

PetMatchPro
#33,730by PetMatchPro10 days ago
Connect your animal shelter or rescue website to PetPoint/Petango, RescueGroups, or AnimalsFirst - and turn visitors into adopters.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Doobert Chatbot
Up in the last 7 days:23#68,537by doobertchris4 months ago
A WordPress plugin to allow a chatbot on the WordPress site that answers questions based upon their site content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day