Best bands plugins for WordPress
The most popular bands plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Popup Plugin leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Better Bandsintown (200+) and Musopress Discography (90+). All 8 plugins tagged “bands” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 bands plugins
- 1.
Simple Popup PluginThe most installed bands plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 12 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 2.Better Bandsintown
200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 3.Musopress Discography
90+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 5 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 4.tf Song List
20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 5.
ArtistPress10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
BLR BacklineFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
GigRoute EventsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “bands”

Simple Popup Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:4#6,245by Garrett Grimm2 years ago
This plugin makes it easy to create a simple, modifiable popup window.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(12)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Better Bandsintown
Up in the last 7 days:15#12,781by mrpaplu11 years ago
Embed Tour Dates from Bandsintown.com without having to deal with CSS (or an ugly widget).
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Musopress Discography
Down in the last 7 days:143#17,282by eschnack14 years ago
Creates a Discography Custom Post Type and allows you to import your albums from Bandcamp.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.6(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
tf Song List
#27,725by Thorsten Frommen12 years ago
tf Song List is an easy-to-use song listing plugin for bands and solo musicians.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

ArtistPress
#46,307by Tim Scheman2 months ago
ArtistPress provides a easy to use solution for bands, solo musicians and professional artists to convert WordPress into a robust tool to manage a pro …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BLR Backline
Up in the last 7 days:22,435#49,007by Bad Little Robot2 months ago
A private front-end workspace for bands and music projects to keep releases, media, and schedules organized.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

GigRoute Events
Up in the last 7 days:6,101#50,054by BlackStar1 month ago
Event manager for concerts, tour dates, venues, tickets, filters, recurring events, Schema.org, posters, and REST output.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day