Best codepen plugins for WordPress
The most popular codepen plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. CodePen Embed Block leads with 600+ active installs, ahead of CodePen oEmbed (30+) and WordPen (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “codepen” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 codepen plugins
- 1.
CodePen Embed BlockThe most installed codepen plugin, with 600+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.CodePen oEmbed
30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 3.
WordPen10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 4.WP-Gistpen
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 4 plugins tagged “codepen”

CodePen Embed Block
Down in the last 7 days:39#8,419by Chris Coyier2 months ago
An (official) block for CodePen Embeds.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
CodePen oEmbed
Up in the last 7 days:58#23,051by Pippin Williamson12 years ago
Add CodePen to the available oEmbed providers
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

WordPen
#46,361by gingersoulrecords9 years ago
Embed pens from CodePen without the 'edit' frame
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
WP-Gistpen
Down in the last 7 days:3,670#48,450by James DiGioia6 years ago
A self-hosted alternative to putting your code snippets on Gist.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day