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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.

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 background plugins

  1. 1.
    Advanced WordPress Backgrounds

    The most installed background plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 44 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Simple Full Screen Background Image

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 45 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.

  3. 3.
    Media Focus Point

    7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, updated 2 days ago.

  4. 4.
    XO Post Background

    1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.

  5. 5.
    WP Updates Settings

    800+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 5 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

  6. 6.
    WP Night Mode

    700+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 23 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.

  7. 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. 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. 9.
    The Single Background

    300+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

  10. 10.
    Parallax Scroll

    200+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.

All 73 plugins tagged “background”