Best auto plugins for WordPress
The most popular auto plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Companion Auto Update leads with 40K+ active installs, ahead of Auto Upload Images (20K+) and Autologin Links (8K+). All 81 plugins tagged “auto” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 auto plugins
- 1.
Companion Auto UpdateThe most installed auto plugin, with 40K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 105 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Auto Upload Images20K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 106 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.Autologin Links
8K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 15 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 4.
Auto Update Post Date2K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.Simple Automatic Updates
2K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 6.
Auto Updates1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 7.
Auto Update Plugins1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 8.
Simple Auto-Poster for Bluesky600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 9.IP Based Login
600+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 23 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 10.
LINE Auto Post500+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
All 81 plugins tagged “auto”

Companion Auto Update
Down in the last 7 days:1#820by Papin Schipper7 months ago
Manage all updates on your WordPress site. Stay in the know with several optional e-mail notifications and logs. For free.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.8(105)
- Downloads
- 200/day

Auto Upload Images
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,223by Ali Irani1 month ago
Automatically detect external images in the post content and import images to your site then adding to the media library and replace image urls.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(106)
- Downloads
- 214/day
Autologin Links
Up in the last 7 days:6#2,393by WPAutoLogin5 years ago
WARNING: THIS PLUGIN CAN BE INSECURE IF NOT USED CAUTIOUSLY. Allows selected users to autologin to your WordPress website via autologin links.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 46/day

Auto Update Post Date
Down in the last 7 days:12#4,638by Timi Makinde2 months ago
Keep your WordPress content evergreen with Auto Update Post Date – a FREE simple WP plugin designed to effortlessly update your posts and boost SEO
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Simple Automatic Updates
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,995by Jon Tejnung7 years ago
Activate automatic updates or weekly notifications for the site.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Auto Updates
Down in the last 7 days:14#5,723by Minor4 years ago
Let WordPress to automatically update his core, plugins and themes - silently in the background.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Auto Update Plugins
Down in the last 7 days:8#5,798by Geenyous10 years ago
This plugin sets Wordpress to automatically download and install plugin updates. No configuration needed, simply install the plugin and activate it.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Simple Auto-Poster for Bluesky
Down in the last 7 days:46#8,317by Emma Blackwell1 year ago
Simple Auto Poster for Bluesky is a set and forget plugin that automatically shares on bluesky whenever a post is published from WordPress.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
IP Based Login
Up in the last 7 days:53#8,488by brijeshk895 months ago
IP Based Login allows you to directly login from an authorized IP without password.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.9(23)
- Downloads
- 22/day

LINE Auto Post
Down in the last 7 days:25#9,151by growniche3 years ago
WordPressの投稿をLINE公式アカウント経由で連動配信することができるプラグインです。
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.8(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Grabber for QQWorld Auto Save Images
Down in the last 7 days:39#9,388by Michael Wang11 years ago
Additional grabber for QQWrorld Auto Save Images. QQWorld自动保存图片的额外抓取工具。
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Autoblue
Up in the last 7 days:13#10,448by Daniel Post5 months ago
With Autoblue, you can automatically share new posts to Bluesky from your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 92/day
Just Output
Down in the last 7 days:17#12,838by ZIPANG2 months ago
WordPress automatically inserts p and br tags, but disables them in shortcodes.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Copyright Year Update
Down in the last 7 days:2#15,273by Kenny3 years ago
Effortlessly keep your website current with Copyright Year Update using shortcode. Auto-updates your copyright year to the present, ensuring your site …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sitemap Shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:59#16,989by A12 years ago
A simple plugin for include sitemap
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.9(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hatena Bookmark AutoPost
Down in the last 7 days:76#17,829by output4810 years ago
When you added new post, this plugin send email to Hatena bookmark.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Automatic Gallery And Featured Image Sync
Down in the last 7 days:79#18,652by Atakan Au2 months ago
Automatically sync posts (or WooCommerce Product) and media images as featured image and gallery.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Youtube Summarize
Down in the last 7 days:53#18,659by ryokurosu7 years ago
This is a better and simple way to auto youtube summary posts.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Update Themes
Down in the last 7 days:7#18,797by Geenyous10 years ago
This plugin sets Wordpress to automatically download and install theme updates. No configuration needed, simply install the plugin and activate it.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Generate Submenus
Down in the last 7 days:28#21,046by Willy Bahuaud9 years ago
With this plugin, you can add an automatically generated submenu for each menu item.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day
WP Sanitize
Up in the last 7 days:294#22,284by VibeThemes15 years ago
Keep your WordPress Optimized and Secure 24x7
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto-slug
Up in the last 7 days:67#23,331by num8er11 years ago
This plugin generates unicode slug from title You're writing and replaces %postname% part of permalink.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Rectus Auto Tagging
Down in the last 7 days:166#23,788by Rectus Inc.3 months ago
If a tag exists in a page at the time of submission, it is automatically registered. Tags can also be registered or deleted for all pages at once.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Autolinker SEO Tool
Up in the last 7 days:283#23,795by dustinstaples11 years ago
Automatically apply links, targets, and no follows to keywords you specify.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Builder
#24,386by toolaxy-one9 years ago
Generates Wordpress Admin Panel functionality, modules, sections, metaboxes and fields of different types, easy and fast!
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pineparks
Down in the last 7 days:113#24,421by Pineparks2 years ago
Exports all ACF groups into PHP and JSON files when you update any of the group. PHP file will be included on load for better performance WP performan …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Anchor
Up in the last 7 days:185#25,698by 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
Wp SEO Auto Generating Metatag Description
#26,256by indowp14 years ago
This Plugins that makes your site SEO boosting by making your defaut description change everytime you add new post on homepage only.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto youtube
Down in the last 7 days:301#26,825by kalanjdjordje15 years ago
An easy way to add video to your site with an automatic search based on tags, titles and categories.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Resize Control
Down in the last 7 days:607#27,398by TuningWP1 year ago
Auto resize, optimize images; ensure compression for WP accounts to save time, speed, space, and bandwidth.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day

Your Simple Auto paragraph tag Remover for CF7
Down in the last 7 days:321#27,867by Vladyslav Lykhenko11 months ago
Your Simple Auto paragraph tag Remover for CF7 plugin for remove auto tag in Contact Form 7.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Killit
Down in the last 7 days:165#28,693by Josh Davis14 years ago
Killit disables all WordPress auto-formatting automatically. Similar to the popular RawHTML plugin, but applies the effect to all pages automatically.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
AutoLink
Down in the last 7 days:375#28,746by blackc200419 years ago
This plugin takes delimiters and replaces them with links using the GoogleAPI.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Retina Image
#29,189by wadadanet9 years ago
Just by uploading foo@2x.png, resized 1x are created automatically
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Update WP
#29,380by Hybrid Webs6 years ago
This Wordpress Plugin will automatically update his core, plugins and themes with any noticication or message.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
New User Password Reset
Down in the last 7 days:316#29,592by Jon Christopher4 years ago
Automatically issue a password reset when creating new Users
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Useful Admin Menu
#30,297by ioannup3 years ago
The plugin automatically hides unused Admin Menu items and adds search box for menu items
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Subscribe Users
Down in the last 7 days:532#33,314by Harshit10 years ago
Automatically subscribe your users, so that they can be notified of any new content on the site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Feed To Post
#33,357by Himanshu Parashar17 years ago
This plugin allows you to transform items from a feed to wordpress's posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Inactivity Auto Sign Out Plugin
#33,767by NipponMonkey16 years ago
This plugin automatically logs out the user after a period of inactivity. The time period can be configured and it works with BuddyPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Speedy Loan Calculator
Up in the last 7 days:8,095#36,228by gavinr9 years ago
Speedy Loan Calculator is a WordPress widget that puts a simple loan calculator in your widget area.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto table scroll
Up in the last 7 days:2,662#37,160by elm16 years ago
Adds horizontal scroll to big tables in content if they don't fit, useful on mobile viewport.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Google Maps Auto Business Place Finder
Up in the last 7 days:1,187#38,926by lucia.intelisano11 years ago
Show a detailed map of any kind of business places, like hotels, restaurants, airports, art galleries etc, with a shortcode or by cat/tag with auto se …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Auto Hotel Finder
Up in the last 7 days:2,761#40,660by lucia.intelisano11 years ago
Show a detailed map of hotels with a shortcode or by cat/tag with auto searching for address inside post
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flickr Auto Poster
Down in the last 7 days:4,517#42,203by velocityzen16 years ago
Automatically post your flickr images to wordpress by tags.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Auto Post Download
#42,281by MicNeo9 years ago
Provide to your users easy way of downloading posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Add Indent Blanks
Down in the last 7 days:6,747#42,499by LastLeaf15 years ago
This plugin give writers an option to automatically add spaces before paragraphs.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Post Images (API)
Down in the last 7 days:4,647#43,160by karunanidhi13 years ago
Automatically insert images to posts without having to edit the post. Supports renaming images for search engine optimization (SEO).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Expire Widget
#44,430by nishantsharma161012 years ago
This plugin will enable you to use auto expire widget section
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Summy
Down in the last 7 days:4,682#44,456by chr1513 years ago
Summy generates excerpts for your posts by applying various algorithms for automatic summarization extraction.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day