Best curl plugins for WordPress
The most popular curl plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. SaFly Curl Patch leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of EZ SHORTCURL Shortcodes to Fetch and Parse External Content (70+) and Fetch URL (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “curl” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 curl plugins
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SaFly Curl PatchThe most installed curl plugin, with 200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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EZ SHORTCURL Shortcodes to Fetch and Parse External Content70+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 3.
Fetch URL10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 4.
Code Repository10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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Check Update ServersFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
All 5 plugins tagged “curl”
SaFly Curl Patch
Up in the last 7 days:27#12,140by Jane8 years ago
A plug-in which helps you solve the problems like 'WordPress could not establish a secure connection to WordPress.org.' caused by PHP Curl.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
EZ SHORTCURL Shortcodes to Fetch and Parse External Content
Up in the last 7 days:159#18,533by Eli9 years ago
Use the shortcodes remote_get and preg_replace to fetch external content and parse it to use on your page or post.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fetch URL
Up in the last 7 days:1,952#39,085by Ovidiu Purdea13 years ago
Use the remote_get and preg_replace shortcodes to fetch external content and parse it to use on your page or post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Code Repository
Down in the last 7 days:9,010#45,797by jamesona12 years ago
Allows users to save scripts and code snippets, using the built-in WordPress post revisioning system.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Check Update Servers
Up in the last 7 days:12,231#55,725by simkog4 years ago
Check whether is wordpress.org plugin library is reachable by your website host. This plugin sends a small curl request to check that your website can …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day