Best bridge plugins for WordPress
The most popular bridge plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Custom Database Applications by Caspio leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of TNG WordPress Integration (100+) and Caspio Deployment Plugin (70+). All 23 plugins tagged “bridge” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 bridge plugins
- 1.
Custom Database Applications by CaspioThe most installed bridge plugin, with 400+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 2.
TNG WordPress Integration100+ active installs. Rated 1.8 from 10 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 3.
Caspio Deployment Plugin70+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 4.
Playing Card Notations40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago.
- 5.
WP phpBB Bridge10+ active installs. Rated 2.6 from 11 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 6.
vBPress10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 7.
vBulletin Welcome Block Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 8.
Caspio Deployment Control10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.
- 9.
WP2SMFBridge10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 10.
BridgeDD10+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 21 reviews, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
All 23 plugins tagged “bridge”
Custom Database Applications by Caspio
Up in the last 7 days:11#9,388by Caspio Bridge4 years ago
Enables shortcodes for embedded deployment of Caspio database applications.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
TNG WordPress Integration
Up in the last 7 days:28#15,458by Mark Barnes2 years ago
Integrates TNG (The Next Generation) genealogy software into Wordpress.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 1.8(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Caspio Deployment Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:41#18,430by caspio11 years ago
Enables shortcodes for embedded deployment of Caspio database applications.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Playing Card Notations
Down in the last 7 days:148#21,557by Amit Sharma6 years ago
Use a simple shortcode to present playing cards in your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP phpBB Bridge
Down in the last 7 days:74#29,093by Nikos Merianos14 years ago
Shares user authentication with phpBB3, by forcing phbBB to handle all the authentication.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.6(11)
- Downloads
- 0/day
vBPress
Up in the last 7 days:7,556#39,223by Aaron Forgue15 years ago
vBPress seamlessly integrates WordPress with vBulletin
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
vBulletin Welcome Block Widget
Up in the last 7 days:2,755#41,837by forcerdj15 years ago
Adds a vBulletin welcome block/login block widget to your blog. Useful if your website is powered by vBulletin and WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Caspio Deployment Control
Up in the last 7 days:1,610#41,964by caspio17 years ago
The Caspio Deployment Control plugin disables wptexturize and convert_chars filters on the_content for Caspio Bridge PHP SEO deployment support.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP2SMFBridge
Up in the last 7 days:4,989#42,105by x0DSR9 years ago
Login bridge from Wordpress to Simple Machine Forum.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BridgeDD
#43,851by Dion2 months ago
BridgeDD has been discontinued.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.2(21)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SMF Bridge
#46,324wp-smf-bridge16 years ago
User registration and login bridge between Wordpress and Simple Machine Forum
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MushRaider Bridge
#46,709by mushtitude10 years ago
MushRaider Bridge is a plugin to integrate MushRaider raid planner into wordpress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
JoomConnect Quick Ticket Lite
Down in the last 7 days:8,523#47,179by directive14 years ago
JoomConnect Quick Ticket Lite allows you to place a form on your website that connects to your ConnectWise
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bridge Helper
#48,482by Lukasz Jasinski15 years ago
Easily insert card symbols into your blog posts and pages
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Flynax Bridge
#48,544by v1rustyle1 year ago
The Flynax Bridge plugin allows you to connect your Wordpress Blog with Flynax Classifieds Software based website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SpecialCase XLIFF Bridge for ACF and Polylang
Up in the last 7 days:13,909#53,651by Special Case3 months ago
Bridge between ACF and Polylang via XLIFF. Export field content to CAT tools and sync translations back to linked posts automatically.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Lesending
#69,720by 老蒋和他的小伙伴11 days ago
Publish posts locally or sync them to remote WordPress sites via REST API or a bridge script.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
BigAmbitions Membership & Login Bridge for GlueUp
Up in the last 7 days:1,142#70,444by divemasterza26 days ago
Professional membership validator and login bridge for organizations using the GlueUp platform.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Affiliate Bridge
Down in the last 7 days:19,566#73,196by affiliatebridge4 years ago
Easily add product images from affiliate programs using shortcodes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Maaq
Down in the last 7 days:11,357#74,079by Maaq2 years ago
An easy way to manage, monitor & maintain your WordPress websites!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 1/day