Best automatic plugins for WordPress
The most popular automatic plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Autologin Links leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of Easy Custom Auto Excerpt (6K+) and OTF Regenerate Thumbnails (4K+). All 108 plugins tagged “automatic” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 automatic plugins
- 1.Autologin Links
The most installed automatic plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 15 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 2.
Easy Custom Auto Excerpt6K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 151 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 3.
OTF Regenerate Thumbnails4K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 19 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 4.
Category Posts in Custom Menu2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 43 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
aapanel WP Toolkit1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
Auto Updates1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 7.
Automatic Responsive Tables1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 8.
Auto Update Plugins1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 9.
Idle User Logout1K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 18 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
VA Social Buzz1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 108 plugins tagged “automatic”
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

Easy Custom Auto Excerpt
Down in the last 7 days:13#2,715by todiadiyatmo2 years ago
Auto Excerpt for your posts on home, search and archive pages. Customize Read More button and thumbnail image. Easy to configure and have a lot of opt …
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.5(151)
- Downloads
- 23/day

OTF Regenerate Thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:13#3,419by Benjamin Intal9 years ago
Automatically regenerates your thumbnails on the fly when thumbnail sizes change.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(19)
- Downloads
- 16/day

Category Posts in Custom Menu
Down in the last 7 days:13#4,771by Diana van de Laarschot2 months ago
Dynamic menus: List all posts from a category in your menu. Also works for tags, custom taxonomies as well as pages and custom post types.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(43)
- Downloads
- 22/day

aapanel WP Toolkit
Up in the last 7 days:7#5,220by aapanel1 year ago
A better way to manage dozens of WordPress websites.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/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

Automatic Responsive Tables
Down in the last 7 days:9#5,747by Andrew Rockwell7 years ago
Leave your tables as they are. Add this plugin, and they're all responsive.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 13/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

Idle User Logout
Down in the last 7 days:13#6,583by Abiral Neupane2 months ago
This plugin automatically logs out the user after a period of idle time. The time period can be configured from admin end.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(18)
- Downloads
- 22/day

VA Social Buzz
Down in the last 7 days:22#6,856by kuck1u9 years ago
It displays buttons at the end of every article for readers to "Like!" your recommended Facebook page, to share the article on SNS.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Updates Settings
Down in the last 7 days:10#7,304by Yslo9 years ago
Configure WordPress updates settings through UI (User Interface).
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.4(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Login Timeout Settings
Up in the last 7 days:6#8,434by Yslo9 years ago
Configure WordPress Login Timeout through UI (User Interface).
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.5(8)
- Downloads
- 35/day
Pingler
Down in the last 7 days:10#10,301by garo15 years ago
This Plugin is used to automatically Ping new posts to a variety of online blogs. For use with Pingler.com
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Highlight Author Comments
Down in the last 7 days:17#10,941by RobMarsh18 years ago
Highlight Author Comments automatically displays comments made by a post's author in a distinctive style
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Add LightBox & Title
Down in the last 7 days:18#10,975by ppalli15 years ago
This plugin for WordPress automatically add the rel="lightbox[ID-OF-THE-POST]" and recovers the image title.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
All-Images.ai
Up in the last 7 days:12#11,019by All-Images.ai1 year ago
IA Image Bank and Custom Image creation IA
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Post Rotation
Down in the last 7 days:61#11,040by digitalemphasis5 years ago
Set the rotation interval or the allowed time without new posts... and automatically an older post becomes the latest one!
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.4(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Excerpt Settings
Down in the last 7 days:68#12,249by Yslo9 years ago
Configure WordPress Excerpt through UI (User Interface).
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BuddyPress Automatic Friends
Down in the last 7 days:333#12,424by Steven Word4 years ago
Automatically create and accept friendships for specified users upon new user registration. * Requires BuddyPress
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Auto-tags
Down in the last 7 days:46#12,886by jfoucher14 years ago
Automatically add relevant tags to new posts.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.1(20)
- Downloads
- 0/day
iSape
Down in the last 7 days:60#14,425by itex14 years ago
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- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Full Screen Galleries
Up in the last 7 days:53#14,929by Nick Halsey3 months ago
Full Screen Galleries creates an automatic full-screen slideshow mode for image galleries in your content. Posts and pages with several immages are au …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/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
2MB Autocode
Up in the last 7 days:85#16,917by Michael5 years ago
This plugin allows you to place predetermined text/html/php at the top or bottom of posts.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Automated Keywords Generator
Down in the last 7 days:16#17,167by Julian Widya Perdana16 years ago
Automatically adds keywords and description meta tag on every page based on title, tags, categories, etc. Simple but powerful !
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Internal Link Manager
Down in the last 7 days:162#17,170by Kevin Leary1 year ago
Easily manage automated internal links throughout your website.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Automatic Post Date Filler
Down in the last 7 days:33#17,917by Devtard10 years ago
Automatically sets custom date and time when editing posts.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
iMoney
Down in the last 7 days:123#18,046by itex14 years ago
Plugin iMoney is meant for monetize your blog using Adsense, sape.ru, tnx.net and other systems.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
W3TC Auto Pilot
Up in the last 7 days:40#19,245by Sybre Waaijer10 years ago
Put W3 Total Cache on auto pilot. This plugin allows you to control W3 Total Cache by simply using your website. So your cache is always up to date.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Autopilot For UPI QR Code Payment Gateway for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:164#20,311by Quuantum2 years ago
This plugin automates the payment verification process for WooCommerce orders made through the UPI QR Code Payment Gateway for WooCommerce, facilitati …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Link Images to None
Up in the last 7 days:20#20,393by Farzad Sotoode12 years ago
Automatically Link images to none in selecting and uploading images in Wordpress !
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Orphan Word
Down in the last 7 days:240#20,813by Olar Marius8 years ago
This plugin will handle the orphan words from: post/page title, widget title, widget text and comment text.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Title Case
Up in the last 7 days:101#21,607by Web Guy5 months ago
Automatically converts post and image titles to title case.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
TagGator
Up in the last 7 days:85#21,779by Bouzid Nazim Zitouni6 months ago
Bulk-tag your posts by matching keywords against content. Simple, fast, and free.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
YD Network-wide Options
#23,368by Yann at WP&Co14 years ago
This plugin has been thoroughly tested and is fully compatible with WordPress 3.0x multisite or with WPMU 2.9.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.4(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stop Auto Updating Dangit
#23,518by Eli12 years ago
This plugin simply stop WordPress from automatically updating for you.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Optimize Database
Down in the last 7 days:429#23,926by Joshua Fredrickson7 months ago
Automatically optimize your database daily.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Auto Post Publisher
#24,757by ExertLogics1 month ago
Automatically publishes scheduled posts that may have missed their scheduled time.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TIEexpire Automated Post Expiry
Down in the last 7 days:206#27,522by TIEro12 years ago
Expires posts based on multiple criteria, with category and post status options. Sends notifications to users and admin on demand.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Automatic Ban IP
Up in the last 7 days:185#27,534by KaizenCoders10 years ago
Block IP addresses which are suspicious and try to post on your blog spam comments.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Post for Task Scheduler
Down in the last 7 days:104#28,688by miunosoft10 years ago
Creates posts automatically serving as a Task Scheduler module.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- 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
Paranoid911
Down in the last 7 days:108#29,424by jeka91118 years ago
Checks wordress installation (database and files) for changes and emails admin if any changes took place.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TIEmediahelper Media Library Tools
Down in the last 7 days:16#30,596by TIEro12 years ago
Find leftover files stored in the WP uploads directory tree which are missing from the Media Library.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
YD FeedWordPress Content Filter
Up in the last 7 days:1,196#30,998by Yann at WP&Co16 years ago
This plugin is an add-on to the FeedWordPress RSS content syndication plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Generate Title
#31,118by Jatinder Pal Singh11 years ago
Want to save time. Do not want to write TITLE manually. This plugin is for you. No need to write the title. It will generate Post Title from your Post …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

ProAI TXT Manager for LLMS and Robots
#31,917by ProAI1 year ago
Automatically generates and manages llms.txt and robots.txt files for your WordPress site with AI-optimized content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Magic Post Translate
#32,823by Alexandre Gaboriau6 years ago
Automatic Translate Posts & Pages with Deepl
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Add File Version (AFV)
Down in the last 7 days:780#34,153by Joemakev8 years ago
Add File Version (AFV) can automatically or manually add file version to the CSS/JS files that were added using wp_enqueue_style and wp_enqueue_script …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
TIEtools Automatic Maintenance Kit
Down in the last 7 days:555#34,274by TIEro12 years ago
Automatic post and image expiry, duplicate post detection and server log deletion to keep your site clean and efficient.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day