Best current plugins for WordPress
The most popular current plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Current Year Shortcodes leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Today's Date (80+) and Age Shortcodes (50+). All 11 plugins tagged “current” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 current plugins
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Current Year ShortcodesThe most installed current plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
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Today's Date80+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 3.
Age Shortcodes50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 4.
WP Current Subcategories30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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Current Post10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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scORE!10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6.
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Anchor Highlighter10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
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autometa's NOWON10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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LS IceCast ONAIR10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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Show Star Sign Widget10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.8.0.
All 11 plugins tagged “current”
Current Year Shortcodes
Down in the last 7 days:24#6,362by Lukas2 years ago
Insert the current year, month and day with a shortcode in any page, post or widget of your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Today's Date
Down in the last 7 days:180#17,897by ben poland13 years ago
Display The Current Date In A Customizable Format
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Age Shortcodes
Up in the last 7 days:12#20,512by Lukas2 years ago
Add shortcodes for the age of someone or something in years
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Current Subcategories
Down in the last 7 days:110#23,465by Francesco Sganga7 years ago
After installing WP Current Subcategories go to Widget Areas and add WP Current Subcategories widget: * Title - Choose the Title of Widget Section * P …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Current Post
Up in the last 7 days:585#31,548by Basit Adhi Prabowo3 years ago
This is a shortcode to display current post information.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
scORE!
Down in the last 7 days:235#34,555by yogihw18 years ago
scORE! is a Wordpress plug-in you can use to publish scores easily for each post entry.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Anchor Highlighter
Up in the last 7 days:1,898#41,089by Luciano Castro10 years ago
This plugins adds a class to the anchors that matches the url on your browser so you can style it with css.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
autometa's NOWON
Down in the last 7 days:1,142#42,176by JorgeAmVF8 years ago
It reproduces current time and date in pages, posts, portfolios or products simply via: [nowon] and [nowadays].
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
LS IceCast ONAIR
Up in the last 7 days:1,075#44,230by ladislav.soukup13 years ago
Shortcode to display onair song fetched from IceCast server (v2).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show Star Sign Widget
Down in the last 7 days:7,052#47,834by DuncanMarshall13 years ago
A sidebar widget to display a star sign - yours, or the current sign.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day