Best better plugins for WordPress
The most popular better plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Better Passwords leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Better Admin Users Search (100+) and Better Headers (80+). All 9 plugins tagged “better” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 better plugins
- 1.
Better PasswordsThe most installed better plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 2.
Better Admin Users Search100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 3.
Better Headers80+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 4.
Why So Slow?70+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 5.
Better Captcha30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 6.
Better Detection10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 7.
Movable Content Editor10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 8.
PWS Better Widget TitleFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 9 plugins tagged “better”
Better Passwords
Down in the last 7 days:44#12,102by bettersecurity2 years ago
Stop use of a bad passwords, including those in the Have I Been Pwned? breached password database
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 100/day
Better Admin Users Search
Down in the last 7 days:66#13,680by Loïs5 years ago
Improve users admin search
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Better Headers
Up in the last 7 days:179#17,687by bettersecurity2 years ago
Improve the security of your website by easily setting HTTP response headers to enable browser protection
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Why So Slow?
Down in the last 7 days:1,011#18,776by bettersecurity2 years ago
Improve the loading speed of your website by removing bloat and unused features (formerly named Better Speed)
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Captcha
Down in the last 7 days:196#24,084by bettersecurity2 years ago
Stop bad bots from attacking your forms using hCaptcha or simple maths questions
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Detection
#32,174by bettersecurity2 years ago
Improve the security of your website by detecting unexpected changes to content
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Movable Content Editor
Down in the last 7 days:9,009#45,812by Peter Elmered12 years ago
This plugin makes the main content editor movable with drag and drop.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PWS Better Widget Title
Down in the last 7 days:17,601#70,092by davidhe20186 years ago
Hide widget titles that are inside the square brackets, "[]". Handles multiple occurrence. Compatible with WordPress version 3.0+.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day