Best chords plugins for WordPress
The most popular chords plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Lewe ChordPress leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of WP Chords (100+) and Chords and Lyrics (60+). All 4 plugins tagged “chords” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 chords plugins
- 1.
Lewe ChordPressThe most installed chords plugin, with 100+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 11 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
WP Chords100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 3.Chords and Lyrics
60+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.jTab Guitar Tab Shortcode
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
All 4 plugins tagged “chords”

Lewe ChordPress
Down in the last 7 days:29#13,083by George Lewe1 year ago
Lewe ChordPress for WordPress pretty-prints ChordPro formatted text and chord diagrams on your pages or posts.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Chords
Down in the last 7 days:62#13,393by emreplt5 years ago
WP Chords allows you to format and display the chords on your blog including mobile friendly interface and AMP functionality.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Chords and Lyrics
Down in the last 7 days:233#19,543by rlisle2 years ago
ChordsAndLyrics will format staffless lead sheets.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
jTab Guitar Tab Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:318#34,718by MatthewMarichiba14 years ago
Displays guitar chords and tab into posts and pages using clean SVG vector graphics, based on the jTab JavaScript library by Paul Gallagher.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day