Best artist plugins for WordPress
The most popular artist plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Gigs Calendar leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Beatport Discography shortcode (80+) and Simple Discography (70+). All 15 plugins tagged “artist” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 artist plugins
- 1.
Gigs CalendarThe most installed artist plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 2.
Beatport Discography shortcode80+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 3.
Simple Discography70+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 4.
ISTK Add-On70+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
Discography20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.
- 6.
ArtistKit20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 7.
WDES rtMedia Music10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 8.
MusicNetics Artist Toolkit10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 9.
Setlist10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 10.
Artistography10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
All 15 plugins tagged “artist”
Gigs Calendar
Down in the last 7 days:13#11,963by DanCoulter12 years ago
Manage and display a calendar of your gigs/shows/performances.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.3(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Beatport Discography shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:87#17,772by Federico Giust11 years ago
Wordpress plugin that adds a shortcode on posts or pages to read the artist discography using the Beatport API.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Discography
Down in the last 7 days:86#18,768by lermit411 years ago
Simple Discography is a easy to use plugin that will allow you to manage the music tracks for an album or albums.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ISTK Add-On
Down in the last 7 days:10#18,784by niao707 months ago
This plugin adds features for theme "ISTK Portfolio".
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Discography
#25,932by DanCoulter18 years ago
Organize your discography; and offer downloads, streams and ways to buy your music.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ArtistKit
Up in the last 7 days:138#27,850by promotrackerplugins4 months ago
Free Electronic Press Kit (EPK) builder for musicians. Showcase your music and press materials directly on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WDES rtMedia Music
Down in the last 7 days:43#32,051by Anthony Carbon7 years ago
WDES rtMedia Music for your rtMedia, Buddypress needs.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MusicNetics Artist Toolkit
#32,857by MusicNetics4 months ago
Build a complete artist website in WordPress with songs, releases, gigs, merch, media, press, fans, and an EPK.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Setlist
#37,582by ganddser3 months ago
Setlist is a modern WordPress plugin for building performing artist websites. Artist profiles, discographies, tour dates, streaming links, structured …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Artistography
Up in the last 7 days:3,500#41,415by MistahWrite11 years ago
Organizes a portfolio of music, videos, and images on your blog/website with PayPal eCommerce.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Artzio Artist Marketplace for WooCommerce
#55,012by Urban-Age Solutions Private Limited10 months ago
Create an artist marketplace where creators can sell artworks using WooCommerce.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lieu.city
Up in the last 7 days:11,660#58,937by lieucity2 years ago
The official LIEU.city plugin for WordPress
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BackTheVibes Artist
Down in the last 7 days:5,374#67,322by Bookrightly1 month ago
Embed your BackTheVibes artist profile, music links, and Follow/Support buttons on your own WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Muxapp Artist & Music Ranking SEO Pro
Down in the last 7 days:1,515#69,601by Emmanuelisdkz Akanbi1 month ago
Artist and music SEO tools for metadata, Open Graph, structured data, canonical URLs, and XML sitemaps.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Q Events light
Down in the last 7 days:8,848#73,268by qanuk.io3 years ago
The Light Version of Q Events - simple publishing of events. More features on www.qanuk.io
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day