Best attendance management plugins for WordPress
The most popular attendance management plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. School Management System leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of WP-HR Manager (200+) and Clockinator Lite (90+). All 3 plugins tagged “attendance management” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 attendance management plugins
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School Management SystemThe most installed attendance management plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 21 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
WP-HR Manager200+ active installs. Rated 2.0 from 5 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Clockinator Lite90+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 4 weeks ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 3 plugins tagged “attendance management”
School Management System
Down in the last 7 days:20#5,557by Ronik@UnlimitedWP3 months ago
Comprehensive school management plugin with attendance, classes, timetables, exams, grading, notifications, events and academic calendar.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(21)
- Downloads
- 41/day
WP-HR Manager
Up in the last 7 days:246#11,904by wphrmanager1 month ago
Easily add a powerful HR / human resource management system and employee self service (ESS) portal to your website. = Credits = This plugin uses [WP E …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 2.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Clockinator Lite
Up in the last 7 days:70#17,279by BeastThemes28 days ago
Clockinator Lite helps small teams manage employee attendance and everyday workforce records directly in WordPress. It includes employee and departmen …
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day