Best diary plugins for WordPress
The most popular diary plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. DiaryPress leads with 90+ active installs, ahead of Simple Diary for WordPress (30+) and Tempus (10+). All 8 plugins tagged “diary” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 diary plugins
- 1.
DiaryPressThe most installed diary plugin, with 90+ active installs. Rated 2.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Simple Diary for WordPress30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 3.
Tempus10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 4.
Website Diary10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 5.
Chicmi Fashion Calendar10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 6.
Monthly Data Sheets10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 7.
Lovely NotesFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “diary”
DiaryPress
Up in the last 7 days:4#17,315by Tom1 year ago
DiaryPress lets you keep a private diary.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 2.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Diary for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:41#23,356by jojaba7 years ago
A very simple diary listing user created reminders. Ready to use in WordPress default themes.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tempus
Up in the last 7 days:2,806#39,243by patrixsbs12 years ago
Only in Portuguese (BR) yet. Others languages soon. Este plugin tem como objetivo manter um controle simples e eficiente de eventos
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Website Diary
Down in the last 7 days:7,868#45,737website-diary16 years ago
For keeping diary-like notes, so you can quickly overview recent changes on your site (and spot the source of an eventual problem).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day
Chicmi Fashion Calendar
Up in the last 7 days:1,363#46,143by chicmi10 years ago
Show a calendar of fashion events for your city, sourced from Chicmi.com
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Monthly Data Sheets
Down in the last 7 days:13,065#48,332by Reenu10 years ago
Monthly Data Sheets plugin allows you to create data sheets for each month with custom rows and columns
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lovely Notes
Up in the last 7 days:6,095#58,533by Lucy21 days ago
Publish short thoughts, images and videos in a personal microblog, with a note reader, monthly archives and links to individual notes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day