Best background image plugins for WordPress
The most popular background image plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Full Screen Background Image leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Full Background Manager (7K+) and Full Screen Background (2K+). All 17 plugins tagged “background image” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 background image plugins
- 1.
Simple Full Screen Background ImageThe most installed background image plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 45 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 2.
Full Background Manager7K+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 22 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 3.
Full Screen Background2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 45 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 4.
Background Per Page600+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 8 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 5.
N360500+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
Full Background300+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 7.
Ckav Elementor Booster100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 8.
Parallaxium30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
WC Catalog Images to DIV Converter10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Custom Login Page of Your Website10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 17 plugins tagged “background image”
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
Full Background Manager
Up in the last 7 days:5#2,606by Perception System System Pvt. Ltd.3 years ago
Full Background Image Manager WordPress Plugin allows you to set separate background image of each page.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 3.4(22)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Full Screen Background
Down in the last 7 days:11#4,534by enweby3 months ago
Full Screen Background is a lightweight plugin to add full screen image or video on wordpress websites. You can choose which page or post you want to …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(45)
- Downloads
- 23/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
N360
Down in the last 7 days:61#8,884by bistromatic1 year ago
A responsive fade-in-out splash screen and landing page for your existing theme.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Full Background
#10,793by Alobaidi8 years ago
Add responsive full background to your website easily, random background support and unlimited backgrounds, compatible with all major browsers.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ckav Elementor Booster
Down in the last 7 days:21#15,165by theckav5 years ago
Boost your Elementor with some fresh and yet innovative options.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Parallaxium
Up in the last 7 days:207#23,310by samiur66882 months ago
Add a customizable parallax section to your Elementor pages with background image, overlay color, text content, and typography controls.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WC Catalog Images to DIV Converter
Up in the last 7 days:141#29,863by WPspin LLC8 months ago
Automatically converts WooCommerce product images into CSS background-image DIVs -- fixing image resize, cropping, and stretching issues across your e …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Login Page of Your Website
Up in the last 7 days:1,086#33,257by Ermald Billa1 year ago
Customize the WordPress login page with a personalized background (image or gradient), colors, and styling options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/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
Text Mutator
Down in the last 7 days:3,223#40,660by Lou Friedman9 years ago
Highlight, redact, style, add background images and modify text blocks.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/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
Custom Background Image
Up in the last 7 days:3,229#44,484by Anil Sardemann2 years ago
Simple plugin that allows you to set a background image easily. Upload an image or choose one from your media library.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Entro WordPress Coming Soon per post/page or global
Down in the last 7 days:2,523#46,929by EntroThemes10 years ago
Wordpress Coming Soon, Under Construction per post/page or global
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WallpaperChanger
#48,205by taniafi78610 years ago
A small WordPress plugin allows you to automatically change the wallpaper(morning,evening) according to server daytime.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Presskopp Admin Background
Up in the last 7 days:10,468#55,077by Presskopp5 months ago
Adds a customizable background image to the WordPress admin with live preview, overlay color, and blur.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day