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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.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 automatic plugins

  1. 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. 2.
    Easy Custom Auto Excerpt

    6K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 151 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.

  3. 3.
    OTF Regenerate Thumbnails

    4K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 19 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.

  4. 4.
    Category Posts in Custom Menu

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 43 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  5. 5.
    aapanel WP Toolkit

    1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  6. 6.
    Auto Updates

    1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.

  7. 7.
    Automatic Responsive Tables

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.

  8. 8.
    Auto Update Plugins

    1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.

  9. 9.
    Idle User Logout

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 18 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  10. 10.
    VA Social Buzz

    1K+ 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”