Best control plugins for WordPress
The most popular control plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Companion Auto Update leads with 40K+ active installs, ahead of Version Control for jQuery (5K+) and Companion Revision Manager (4K+). All 37 plugins tagged “control” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 control plugins
- 1.
Companion Auto UpdateThe most installed control plugin, with 40K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 105 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Version Control for jQuery5K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.
Companion Revision Manager4K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
Better Plugin Compatibility Control4K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 19 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.Conditional Blocks
2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 15 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 6.
WP Revision Master700+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 7.Manual Control for Jetpack
300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 8.Max Image Size Control
300+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 9.
Woo Email Control200+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 10.
Disable Automatic Updates100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
All 37 plugins tagged “control”

Companion Auto Update
Down in the last 7 days:1#820by Papin Schipper7 months ago
Manage all updates on your WordPress site. Stay in the know with several optional e-mail notifications and logs. For free.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.8(105)
- Downloads
- 200/day

Version Control for jQuery
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,933by Leander Iversen1 year ago
Version Control for jQuery is one of the easiest ways to control the version of jQuery used on your website.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 31/day

Companion Revision Manager
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,485by Papin Schipper1 year ago
Lightweight plugin that allows full control over post revisions.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 21/day

Better Plugin Compatibility Control
Up in the last 7 days:5#3,512by wpseek2 months ago
Adds version compatibility info to the plugins page to inform the admin at a glance if a plugin is compatible with the current WP and PHP version.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.3(19)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Conditional Blocks
Down in the last 7 days:15#5,058by Morgan Hvidt5 months ago
Easily show/hide WordPress blocks & widgets with powerful, no-code display logic. Perfect for restricting content. Explore advanced scheduling, Ge …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(15)
- Downloads
- 25/day

WP Revision Master
Down in the last 7 days:21#7,655by Hasan Shahriar9 years ago
Powerful and best post revision control, compare, restore!
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Manual Control for Jetpack
Up in the last 7 days:8#10,512by Mark Jaquith13 years ago
Jetpack auto-activates new modules, without asking your permission. This plugin stops that.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Max Image Size Control
Up in the last 7 days:15#10,935by Hiroaki Miyashita7 years ago
This plugin adds the functionality to change the max image size each category and post.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Woo Email Control
Down in the last 7 days:2#11,880by findshorty10 years ago
Get better control of your Woocommerce emails. Add product images & embed them in emails. Test emails in your browser and via email.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Disable Automatic Updates
#14,082by Md Jahidul Islam7 years ago
Control automatic updates feature. Enable or disable all types of automatic updates including core, plugins, themes, translation etc.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Changelogger
Down in the last 7 days:79#14,561by wpseek2 months ago
Changelogger shows the latest changelog right on the plugin listing page, whenever there's a plugin ready to be updated.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 9/day
W3TC Auto Pilot
Up in the last 7 days:40#19,245by Sybre Waaijer10 years ago
Put W3 Total Cache on auto pilot. This plugin allows you to control W3 Total Cache by simply using your website. So your cache is always up to date.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Easy Pagination Control
Up in the last 7 days:118#25,300by difficult135 years ago
A lightweight and easy-to-configure plugin for quickly configuring the number of objects on the archives, categories, tags, taxonomies, home, search p …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Take Control Of The WordPress Toolbar
Down in the last 7 days:507#25,764by paulund14 years ago
This Wordpress plugin will allow you to easily take control of the wordpress toolbar.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Utopia Cron
Down in the last 7 days:110#28,610by Now 'utopiamech'18 years ago
Makes it easy to set up (semi)-timed page load events without messing with cron or other third-party timing scripts.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Play Video of Song
#33,988by dlozano13 years ago
Este plugin permite tener un reproductor de audio y video en la parte lateral de tu web site el cual aparece y desaparece sin alterar tu tema.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Theme to Browser (T2B) Control
Up in the last 7 days:288#34,378by Federico Jacobi12 years ago
Displays different themes based on the browser used.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Minecraft Control Panel
Down in the last 7 days:336#37,966by Liath12 years ago
Zeigt Informationen über Deinen Minecraftserver im Front- und Backend an. Mit User- und Gruppenverwaltung, Pluginsteuerung und Serverkontrolle.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

LH Buddypress Default Email Notifications
Up in the last 7 days:7,957#40,369by shawfactor5 years ago
Allows admins to control the default email preference for users on BuddyPress based social network..
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Magazine Edition Control
#40,787by erwinwolff16 years ago
Control the editions of your magazine or just group up the content of your blog. Easy and with no expensive software.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Approved Comments Only
#41,167by Gurmeet Singh10 years ago
Restrict user to view the unapproved comments in dashboard.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Elvez Control Access
Up in the last 7 days:3,293#41,767by 株式会社エルブズ4 years ago
Control the access of non-logged-in users for each posts and pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
WP Source Control
Down in the last 7 days:103#42,937by MMDeveloper12 years ago
WP Source Control is a WordPress plugin that allows you to source control your theme directory and your posts/pages. You can even see how your theme h …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Theme to Browser Control
Down in the last 7 days:3,652#44,101by Federico Jacobi12 years ago
Displays different themes based on the browser used. Extension for Theme-to-Browser plugin
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Music Bar
Down in the last 7 days:1,253#44,722by dlozano14 years ago
Music Bar te ayuda a administrar una barra de musica en la parte inferior de tu web site. Aprovecha las miles de canciones de BUMBABlog gratuitamente.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Play Songs
#45,046by dlozano14 years ago
Play Songs es un plugin de WordPress que permite visualizar un reproductor de música que aparece y desaparece automáticamente.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

wao.io Cache Control
Down in the last 7 days:4,371#45,328by wao.io6 years ago
wao.io Cache Control is a free plugin to clear your WordPress site's cache at wao.io.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sharedaddy More Control
Down in the last 7 days:9,759#46,004by S15 years ago
Adds more options to control where Sharedaddy is being displayed.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Minecraft Server Group
#46,078by D Cartwright15 years ago
Enables control of minecraft server whitelist and websiteserver chat integration.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
IP Blocker
Down in the last 7 days:4,020#48,046by WebARTGermany14 years ago
With this plugin you will have the opportunity to visitors to spamming or inflict damage on your side ruled out.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

YBP Modify Date Control
Down in the last 7 days:2,741#48,106by minin47282 months ago
Easily control post modification dates. Choose to keep the original date, reset it, or set a manual date. Compatible with WordPress 7.1 and PHP 8.3.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Allow2
Up in the last 7 days:5,531#50,412by allow28 years ago
Allow2 Parental Freedom Platform The Allow2 WordPress plugin is a simple plug and play drop in component that empowers your site to offer full parent …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple User Locking
Up in the last 7 days:8,654#55,130by Blackbam7 years ago
Prevent users (like e.g. ex-employees, rule breakers or spamers) from logging into your WordPress installation for a certain timeframe or permanently …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Login Register
Up in the last 7 days:9,309#56,251by kriss738 years ago
Keep track the users login. The plugin allows to save the data of each user's login (IP, username, date, time).
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day