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Best cms plugins for WordPress

The most popular cms plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. White Label CMS leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of List category posts (70K+) and Cornerstone (20K+). All 120 plugins tagged “cms” 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 10 cms plugins

  1. 1.
    White Label CMS

    The most installed cms plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 114 reviews, updated 3 months ago.

  2. 2.
    List category posts

    70K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 254 reviews, updated 4 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Cornerstone

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 6 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  4. 4.
    Rich Table of Contents

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 17 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  5. 5.
    Simple Post Type Permalinks

    8K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.

  6. 6.
    List categories

    5K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 15 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  7. 7.
    Admin Management Xtended

    5K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 18 reviews, updated 4 days ago.

  8. 8.
    Restrict Widgets

    4K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 36 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

  9. 9.
    Page Excerpt

    3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.

  10. 10.
    Powerful Posts Per Page (PPPP)

    1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.

All 120 plugins tagged “cms”