Best background plugins for WordPress
The most popular background plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Advanced WordPress Backgrounds leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Full Screen Background Image (10K+) and Media Focus Point (7K+). All 73 plugins tagged “background” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 background plugins
- 1.
Advanced WordPress BackgroundsThe most installed background plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 44 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Simple Full Screen Background Image10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 45 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 3.Media Focus Point
7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 4.
XO Post Background1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 5.
WP Updates Settings800+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 5 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 6.
WP Night Mode700+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 23 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 7.Background Per Page
600+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 8 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 8.Super Simple jQuery Parallax Background
300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 9.
The Single Background300+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 10.
Parallax Scroll200+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
All 73 plugins tagged “background”

Advanced WordPress Backgrounds
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,054by nK2 months ago
Easy to use advanced Parallax, Image and Video backgrounds block plugin with parallax and video support.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.8(44)
- Downloads
- 139/day

Simple Full Screen Background Image
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,079by AMP-MODE3 years ago
This plugin provides a simple way to set an automatically scaled full screen background image.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(45)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Media Focus Point
Up in the last 7 days:12#2,672by WP Company2 days ago
The Media Focus Point Plugin ensures the key area of an image or video stays visible, regardless of resizing or layout changes.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 192/day

XO Post Background
Down in the last 7 days:7#5,308by ishitaka2 years ago
XO Post Background is a plugin to set background image and color for each post.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- 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 Night Mode
Down in the last 7 days:19#7,976by markoarula6 years ago
Allow users to change the website style while reading at night, enabling them to easily read and spend more time on your site.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.5(23)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Background Per Page
Up in the last 7 days:50#8,119by Andy Charrington14 years ago
Background Per Page allows you to set a custom background per page (or post) as well as set up a default background for all other pages/posts.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.3(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Super Simple jQuery Parallax Background
Up in the last 7 days:30#10,508by tommygeorge12 years ago
For themes with background images, creates a parallax effect when scrolling. Super simple; no configuration. Just works.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

The Single Background
Up in the last 7 days:38#10,883by Alobaidi8 years ago
Add different background color or responsive background image for every single post or page or custom post type.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Parallax Scroll
Up in the last 7 days:26#11,981by LogicHunt4 months ago
Enhance your WordPress website with dynamic parallax scrolling backgrounds. Parallax Scroll WP offers an easy way to create visually appealing and eng …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Remove products background for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:144#12,348by Alexey Serdyuk6 years ago
Remove or change backgrounds of WooCommerce product images automatically.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Particle WordPress Backgrounds
Down in the last 7 days:145#14,824by swapnild4 years ago
Particle WordPress Backgrounds is fast, fully customizable WordPress plugin for adding particle JS effects to the background of websites.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

cbParallax
Up in the last 7 days:128#15,076by Demis Patti18 days ago
Custom background images with parallax effect for posts, pages and products.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Jellyfish backdrop
Down in the last 7 days:8#15,234by Strawberry Jellyfish6 years ago
Fullscreen background images and background slideshows on any WordPress post or page. Easily upload and select images using the media library.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 4/day

WP Logo Changer
Down in the last 7 days:56#15,319by Afzal Multani9 years ago
WP Logo Changer - Admin Panel provides multiple features to Customize Admin Panel that you don't have in wordpress by default.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 6/day

L7 Login Customizer
Up in the last 7 days:6#15,816by Jeff9 years ago
Customize your login, logout, and register pages. Add a custom logo and background image easily.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Fullscreen Slider
Up in the last 7 days:39#16,297by Sarven12 years ago
An easy-to-use WordPress fullscreen slider plugin for Supersized.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cawaii Admin
Down in the last 7 days:62#17,326by ShinichiN14 years ago
Make your admin panel cawaii!!
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Supaz Easy Background
Up in the last 7 days:111#17,768by Supazthemes8 years ago
Supaz Easy Background - A simple plugin to add the background color, image or video to the specified div
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.6(5)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Background Patterns
Down in the last 7 days:320#18,746by shazdeh15 years ago
Use a library of beatiful patterns and decorate your webpage background.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Full Screen Background Images
#18,863by mmmrenske10 years ago
The plugin creates an image slideshow as a background to your website.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Admin Login
Up in the last 7 days:10#19,135by Javier Prieto4 years ago
Allows you to customize the background, logo, font color, url and caption on the WordPress login page.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day

Media Library Unsplash
Down in the last 7 days:13#19,501by Touhidul Sadeek1 year ago
Easily add Unsplash photographs to your website instantly without ever leaving WordPress!
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Envoke Supersized
Down in the last 7 days:37#20,562by Chris Marslender10 years ago
This plugin creates an easy to use interface for managing the Supersized jQuery Plugin on your site.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Add Background-Size to Customizer
Down in the last 7 days:39#21,750by cmborchert11 years ago
Allows you to control the background-size of your main background image from the comfort of the customizer, using predetermined values or custom CSS.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ripple effect background
Down in the last 7 days:116#21,901by younesvatan786 years ago
Adds a ripple effect section contains background.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CanvaMotion for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:59#22,588by Abdullah Sharaf6 months ago
Animated canvas backgrounds for Elementor — Neural Network, Particle Field, and Constellation — with live preview and interactive mouse tracking.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Backgrounds
Up in the last 7 days:145#24,381by redwerks13 years ago
Allows posts and pages to have individual custom backgrounds. Both as body backgrounds and as content backgrounds.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- Downloads
- 7/day

Featured Background
Up in the last 7 days:40#25,353by Schwarttzy1 year ago
Set a featured image as the background for individual posts or pages with advanced options like parallax, overlays, and more.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

High Contrast Admin
Down in the last 7 days:416#25,497by Robert Chapin9 years ago
Adds admin color schemes for the visually impaired.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Post Background
Down in the last 7 days:304#26,746wp-post-background11 years ago
This plugin allows you to add and image as background of posts, pages or custom post type in general (in the same way as a thumbnail).
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Full screen background
Down in the last 7 days:162#26,930by jeroentrappers15 years ago
Full screen background image for your blog or site. Very simple and small. Uses jQuery and CSS.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Backdrop
Down in the last 7 days:411#28,165by Phillip.Gooch1 year ago
Backdrop is an improved site background customizer allowing for all manner of fancy things.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Responsive Background by DJJMZ
Down in the last 7 days:20#29,034by djjmz11 years ago
Easy way change background image/color to fully responsive image. Compatible with all browsers: computers, all phone and tablets.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Custom Backgrounds
#29,101by jacky.smith585813 years ago
This is a highly customizable Background image uploader, background color plugin. You can set background image, background color, background reapet op …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

CMXR
Up in the last 7 days:72#29,769by Ayal Othman2 months ago
Create animated canvas backgrounds with responsive orbs, shapes, and interactive effects for WordPress, Elementor, and Gutenberg.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

cbVegas
Down in the last 7 days:51#29,867by Demis Patti9 years ago
Requires at least: 3.9 Tested up to: 4.7.2 Stable tag: 0.3.6 Version: 0.3.6 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Clickable Background
#29,917by Marcello Perri5 years ago
Wordpress Plugin in order to make the background of your website clickable.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Background Changer
Up in the last 7 days:583#30,963by Ciprian Turcu17 years ago
Background Changer helps you change very easy and very fast the background color of your wordpress blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gecka BgStretcher
#32,975by Gecka16 years ago
The plugin allows you to add a large image (or a set of images) to the background of your web page and will proportionally resize the image(s) to fill …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Featured Background Image
Up in the last 7 days:9,205#34,403by MohammadJafar Khajeh4 years ago
Change element background in single pages with featured image. Like: Change background with featured image
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Tantive Set Background
Up in the last 7 days:3,701#38,583by tantive2 years ago
Example block scaffolded with Create Block tool.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Slideshow Background
Down in the last 7 days:31#39,845by barteled14 years ago
Display a full size slideshow in the background featuring images from the media library.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pending Comments Highlighter
Up in the last 7 days:1,975#40,206by szucsadam1 year ago
This plugin overrides the default pending comments background color in WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
The Colour Clock
Up in the last 7 days:5,403#40,505by Piotr Pesta11 years ago
What colour is it when you browse your website? Bring more colour into your website with this ever-changing background.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Maxi BG
#40,649by jelontok12 years ago
Add fullscreen slideshow backgrounds to any post or page using MaxImage 2.0.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Retail ready photos by Pixc
Up in the last 7 days:2,042#41,505by Holly10 years ago
Pixc removes the background and optimizes your photos, ensuring your products look their best so you can increase your online sales.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
All in one Background
#42,309by 1eftHander13 years ago
All in one Background : 포스트 / 페이지 배경이미지 및 색상을 지정할 수 있습니다.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Kw Modern Advertise
Up in the last 7 days:1,949#43,629by leaklords14 years ago
Make background images clickable with randomize options and priority displaying option.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Cosimo
Down in the last 7 days:7,665#43,663by UnderWordPressure11 years ago
Change the background image of the BODY-Tag. A pool of images from Media Library and / or a NextGEN gallery can be used.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day