Best beta plugins for WordPress
The most popular beta plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Elementor Beta (Developer Edition) leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of WordPress Beta Tester (2K+) and Simple Private Video (80+). All 8 plugins tagged “beta” 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 8 beta plugins
- 1.
Elementor Beta (Developer Edition)The most installed beta plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
WordPress Beta Tester2K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 47 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Simple Private Video80+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 4.
f(x) Builder20+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 5.
Redis Cache10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 6.
VK Plugin Beta Tester10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago.
- 7.
GFontr, Google WebFont10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 8.
Zealblocks (Beta)Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “beta”
Elementor Beta (Developer Edition)
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,046by Elementor1 year ago
Elementor Beta (Developer Edition) gives you direct access into Elementor's development process, and lets you take an active part in perfecting o …
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 61/day
WordPress Beta Tester
Down in the last 7 days:23#4,529by Andy Fragen2 months ago
Allows you to easily upgrade for testing the next versions of WordPress.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.0(47)
- Downloads
- 348/day
Simple Private Video
Down in the last 7 days:44#17,586by sumapress6 years ago
A video block and a simple and lean way to host your own videos and show them in private mode without external services dependencies.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
f(x) Builder
Down in the last 7 days:355#26,923by David Chandra Purnama9 years ago
A simple page builder plugin. The one you can actually use.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Redis Cache
Down in the last 7 days:434#32,275by krazybean12 years ago
Redis caching on wordpress, the easy way.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
VK Plugin Beta Tester
Down in the last 7 days:117#32,702by Vektor,Inc.5 years ago
VK Plugin Beta Tester is derived from "Plugin Beta Tester" WordPress Plugin, created by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) Copyright 2013.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GFontr, Google WebFont
Down in the last 7 days:360#34,668by Bensventures15 years ago
This plugin provides an easy way to include fonts from Google WebFont API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Zealblocks (Beta)
Down in the last 7 days:288#69,726by Aman Dubey1 month ago
Blocks that extend WordPress 7.1 rather than reinvent it — a typographic scale that follows your theme, and per-viewport button sizing.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day