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Best documentation plugins for WordPress

The most popular documentation plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. BetterDocs leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Echo Knowledge Base (10K+) and WP Help (9K+). All 100 plugins tagged “documentation” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 documentation plugins

  1. 1.
    BetterDocs

    The most installed documentation plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 515 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  2. 2.
    Echo Knowledge Base

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 124 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  3. 3.
    WP Help

    9K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 54 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.

  4. 4.
    weDocs

    5K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 69 reviews, updated 4 days ago.

  5. 5.
    EazyDocs

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 100 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  6. 6.
    Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 75 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  7. 7.
    Admin Help Docs

    600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  8. 8.
    WP OpenAPI

    400+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 5 reviews, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  9. 9.
    DocsPress

    300+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 14 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  10. 10.
    Help Scout

    300+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

All 100 plugins tagged “documentation”