Best awesome plugins for WordPress
The most popular awesome plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Next Page, Not Next Post leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Post Thumbnail Extras (200+) and Awesome Fontawesome Collection (100+). All 15 plugins tagged “awesome” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 awesome plugins
- 1.
Next Page, Not Next PostThe most installed awesome plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 2.
Post Thumbnail Extras200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago.
- 3.
Awesome Fontawesome Collection100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 4.
Pagination for Pages20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 5.
HTML Parser10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 6.
Awesome Slider Lite10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 7.
WelcomeUser!10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 8.
Raptorize It10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
Strx Zurb CSS3 Awesome Buttons10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 10.
BinaryM CMS Pack10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
All 15 plugins tagged “awesome”
Next Page, Not Next Post
Down in the last 7 days:48#6,930by Matt McInvale12 years ago
Easily create navigation to sibling pages. Similar to next_post_link() and previous_post_link() but for pages.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 10/day
Post Thumbnail Extras
Up in the last 7 days:63#12,143by sewpafly12 years ago
Make using post thumbnails easier for everyday wordpressing.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Awesome Fontawesome Collection
Down in the last 7 days:45#13,911by Phoeniixx7 years ago
By Using fontawesome icon plugin you can demonstrate icons in your pages and widget area.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 1.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pagination for Pages
#27,365by Matt McInvale13 years ago
Easily create pagination type navigation between pages (or any other custom post type)
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTML Parser
Up in the last 7 days:68#31,946by Shah Rishabh8 years ago
It is a very simple plugin that will help you parse your HTML code.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Awesome Slider Lite
#38,049by Webzotech12 years ago
Just another awesome slider plugin. Simple, powerful and creative.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WelcomeUser!
#43,894by chriscarvache14 years ago
Add commonly seen user login links and welcome messages to the meta / utility section of your blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Raptorize It
#44,457by Jake Spurlock1 year ago
An awesome jQuery plugin that unleahes a Raptor of Jurassic proportions.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Strx Zurb CSS3 Awesome Buttons
Down in the last 7 days:4,486#46,733by straps16 years ago
CSS3 Buttons made by the zurb team
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BinaryM CMS Pack
Down in the last 7 days:537#48,541by Matt McInvale14 years ago
A collection of functions, shortcodes and a widget that we find useful for our client projects.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Font Awesome Icon
Up in the last 7 days:2,757#50,575by jomol8 years ago
Simple Font Awesome plugin will give you the option for adding Font Awesome icons for your post and pages in the form of a meta box.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jm Social Media Font Awesome
#62,566by jimolina9 years ago
Jm Social Media Font Awesome let you add icons using the popular font awesome.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Awesome designs for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:4,036#71,731by Alexandre Gaboriau2 years ago
Enhance the visual appeal of your WooCommerce store with customizable design templates and user-friendly options.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nineify
#74,008by Thomas Patrick Levy8 years ago
This plugin's got its JNCO pockets full of all tools you'll need to make the coolest site on the web!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day