Best doi plugins for WordPress
The most popular doi plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. KCite leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of DOI Creator (20+) and Citation Importer (20+). All 7 plugins tagged “doi” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 doi plugins
- 1.
KCiteThe most installed doi plugin, with 40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 2.
DOI Creator20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Citation Importer20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 4.
TheLaTeXLab10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 5.
Borges Bibliography Builder10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 day ago.
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DOI Identifier10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 7 plugins tagged “doi”
KCite
Down in the last 7 days:153#22,236by knowledgeblog10 years ago
A tool for producing citations and bibliographies in Wordpress posts. Developed for the Knowledgeblog project (http://knowledgeblog.org).
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DOI Creator
Up in the last 7 days:4,454#25,555by ghego111 days ago
Register DOIs on DataCite or Crossref for posts, pages and custom content, with rich metadata: ORCID, journal, issue, abstract, license.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Citation Importer
Up in the last 7 days:46#27,383by Stephanie Leary10 years ago
Import a citation or bibliography as posts.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TheLaTeXLab
Up in the last 7 days:901#29,669by TheLaTeXLab4 months ago
WordPress citation & bibliography plugin. Paste a DOI, PubMed ID, ISBN, or arXiv ID to insert citations and generate a reference list.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Borges Bibliography Builder
Up in the last 7 days:13,124#37,124by Dan Knauss1 day ago
Create accessible, structured bibliographies from DOI, PubMed, BibTeX, RIS, CSL-JSON, free text, and manual entries — with RIS export.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 34/day
DOI Identifier
Down in the last 7 days:5,043#42,705by Haseeb Ahmad Ayazi9 years ago
Add DOI Indentifer Widget in your website used to find Research Article.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day