Best cursor plugins for WordPress
The most popular cursor plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Custom Cursors leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of Ultimate Cursor (3K+) and Custom Cursor For WP (1K+). All 35 plugins tagged “cursor” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 cursor plugins
- 1.
WP Custom CursorsThe most installed cursor plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 2.
Ultimate Cursor3K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
Custom Cursor For WP1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 4.
Mouse cursor customizer900+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 5.
Ultimate Custom Cursor700+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 6.
Smooth Custom Cursor400+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
FaeCursor300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
Cursor Control200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 9.
WP Mouse Custom Cursor200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 10.
Cursor Image Lite200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 35 plugins tagged “cursor”
WP Custom Cursors
Down in the last 7 days:9#2,433by Hamid Reza Sepehr2 years ago
WP Custom Cursors: Elevate your website's engagement with unique, personalized cursors! Choose from a collection of pre-designed options or creat …
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 16/day
Ultimate Cursor
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,835by WPXERO14 days ago
Create custom cursors, animated cursor effects, and animated background effects in WordPress with a live preview. No coding required.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 74/day
Custom Cursor For WP
Down in the last 7 days:22#5,556by Softices4 years ago
Custom Cursor For WP - Help you to customize your WordPress website cursor or mouse pointer and It's very easy to use.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Mouse cursor customizer
Down in the last 7 days:29#7,039by AlexKole6 years ago
Change the boring mouse cursor to your cursor image, adjust the size of your image. Change the images for the whole page or for links and buttons.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 3.8(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Ultimate Custom Cursor
Down in the last 7 days:19#7,884by DynamicLayers3 years ago
Using Ultimate Custom Cursor for customize your website cursor or mouse pointer, you will get a very elegant and unique site.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Smooth Custom Cursor
Down in the last 7 days:38#9,977by hsarticle1 month ago
Adds a smooth, animated custom cursor — choose from 9 cursor styles, each fully customizable with a live preview — no coding needed.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
FaeCursor
Down in the last 7 days:47#10,642by FaeCursor8 months ago
Bring your WordPress site to life with interactive cursor, keyboard, and screen effects — built for smooth performance and full control.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Cursor Control
Up in the last 7 days:30#11,319by ClevelandWebDeveloper12 years ago
Easily upload custom images to use as your default cursor, text input cursor, and your cursor for links and buttons.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Mouse Custom Cursor
Down in the last 7 days:20#12,808by Ninetyseven Infotech3 years ago
WP Mouse Cursors is a WordPress plugin to create custom cursors for your website. Use a Good looking Mouse cursor for WP. There are 5 diffrent types o …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cursor Image Lite
Down in the last 7 days:76#12,909by Haruki11 months ago
Easily replace the default mouse cursor with your own custom PNG images. A lightweight and simple custom cursor plugin for WordPress.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Invizo MCP
Up in the last 7 days:195#13,843by Invizo3 months ago
Secure WordPress MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Codex & Cursor. Manage posts, WooCommerce, SEO, media, users, builders, LMS & events.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 29/day
Hura Custom Cursors
Down in the last 7 days:192#14,273by Kiet Huynh5 months ago
Customizing your website cursor.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cursor Trail
Up in the last 7 days:84#15,729by Marcus (aka @msykes)1 year ago
Add a cursor trail to your website mouse pointer, with custom pointer image, speed/interval adjustment and scheduling.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Animated Mouse Cursor Trail
Down in the last 7 days:6#16,755by Dear5 months ago
Beautiful Animated Mouse Cursor Trail For Your Website
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Cursor Style & Animation
Down in the last 7 days:230#18,584by RoarDev2 months ago
Transform your website with beautiful cursor animations and custom cursor styles. Features 4 animation types, 10+ cursor styles, and mobile support.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Shining Cursor Trail
Down in the last 7 days:26#21,302by Taisa - Raquel García Arévalo8 months ago
Shining Cursor Trail adds a magical sparkling effect to your cursor, that you can customize.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hover Sound
Down in the last 7 days:308#23,352by aueda14 years ago
You can introduce the behavior of playing sound by hovering mouse pointer over an HTML element and stopping the sound by moving the mouse pointer away …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Interactive Cursor
#28,339by nurcreation4 years ago
Interactive Cursor is a WordPress plugin that enables integration of custom cursors. The Plugin is packed with a set of ready-to-use HTML/SVG cursors …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Glitter Bomb
Down in the last 7 days:592#28,686by Kate Spencer8 months ago
Maximalist particle effects for WordPress — touch-responsive sparkle trails and glitter fields. WCAG 2.2 AA compliant.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CursorFlex
#29,577by WPJutsu5 months ago
Swap the boring default pointer for a stylish custom cursor — dot, ring or both. Full color control, live preview, zero code.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CursorCraft
Up in the last 7 days:11,831#34,625by webbhavan9 days ago
Create beautiful, interactive custom cursors with or without Elementor. Works standalone with any page builder or theme via Quick Builder, plus native …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Thank You NHS
#35,405by andrewchadwicksl6 years ago
Adding a rainbow cursor and banner to your site to spread hope and say thank you to the NHS and key workers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Arts Cursor Follower for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:9,813#48,073by Artem Semkin6 days ago
An animated cursor follower for Elementor: magnetic buttons, link highlights, text and icon hints, drag effects. Loads nothing on touch devices.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Glimmerwake
Up in the last 7 days:3,727#52,122by Lia24 days ago
Decorative cursor trails and tap sparkles with 13 effects: Falling Star, Fairy Dust, Fireflies, Embers, Snowflakes, Valentine's Hearts, Spring Bl …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SA Сustom Cursor
Down in the last 7 days:2,019#57,132by SA-Studio2 years ago
Легко изменяйте курсор на сайте. В плагине SA Custom Cursor есть более 20 гибких настроек. Можно настроить как основной курсор, так и второстепенный.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fish Tail
Up in the last 7 days:8,139#57,299by coinkrsk5 years ago
Add a school of fish following the cursor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sparkle Mouse
Down in the last 7 days:1,786#57,632by Max van Leeuwen2 months ago
Cute particles that follow the cursor! ✨ (GPU-optimized)
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MCP for WordPress by Kites.Dev
Down in the last 7 days:2,131#59,284by jabedbd2 months ago
Connect WordPress as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to AI agents like Claude Desktop, Cursor, LangChain, and AutoGen securely.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Name Cursor Badge
Up in the last 7 days:5,451#62,116by Ridhwan Ahsan6 months ago
A lightweight, modern WordPress plugin that adds a custom live cursor badge effect to your website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mixer Dynamic Cursor
#66,255by Mixer Digital20 days ago
Custom cursor: 24 animated styles, your own colours, blend modes, and hover actions on buttons, carousels and external links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SuryaCreates Pencil Pointer
#66,745by Suryagopal Dhara3 months ago
Turn any visitor's cursor into a pencil so they can sketch freehand directly on top of your website — a fun, interactive touch for any site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AI Provider for Cursor
#69,997by Rafa Carvalhido3 months ago
AI Provider for Cursor Cloud Agents for the WordPress AI Client.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Draggable Images Block
Down in the last 7 days:16,413#70,204by AlexKole5 years ago
Add and move images in your Gutenberg block as you like.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Digent Smart AI
Down in the last 7 days:14,074#70,234by amanstacker16 days ago
Next-Gen Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for WordPress. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and autonomous AI agents to your site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Host5 Fluid Splash Cursor
#73,665by Hardik Shah4 months ago
Adds a premium, fully-tunable rainbow WebGL "fluid splash" cursor trail to your site with vanilla JS only, zero framework dependencies.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day