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Best blog design plugins for WordPress

The most popular blog design plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Blog Designer leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Blogsqode (300+) and Starter Blog Templates For Faith Blog (20+). All 9 plugins tagged “blog design” 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 9 blog design plugins

  1. 1.
    Blog Designer

    The most installed blog design plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 167 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.

  2. 2.
    Blogsqode

    300+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Starter Blog Templates For Faith Blog

    20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.

  4. 4.
    BlogKit

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Wp Post Grid / Slider / Filter

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.

  6. 6.
    Simple Blog Layout

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

  7. 7.
    Ucard

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.

  8. 8.
    PostLay

    Fewer than 10 active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.

  9. 9.
    Netroics Blog Posts Grid

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.

All 9 plugins tagged “blog design”