Best background music plugins for WordPress
The most popular background music plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Background Music Manager leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Background Music Menu (300+) and Background Music for Elementor (200+). All 4 plugins tagged “background music” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 background music plugins
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Background Music ManagerThe most installed background music plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
Background Music Menu300+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 3.
Background Music for Elementor200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Max Music70+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
All 4 plugins tagged “background music”

Background Music Manager
Down in the last 7 days:36#6,837by yamaker1 year ago
Manage background music playback on your website.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Background Music Menu
Down in the last 7 days:66#10,344by glanit7 years ago
Adds background music to website as a choice of item in navigation menus admin area.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Background Music for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:73#11,727by IJONIS1 year ago
Add customizable background music to your Elementor-powered WordPress website with an elegant player interface.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Max Music
Down in the last 7 days:32#19,050by orcuntuna11 years ago
Easily add your site to the background music through YouTube.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day