Best drag plugins for WordPress
The most popular drag plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Mesmerize Companion leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of Materialis Companion (6K+) and IS-theme-companion (1K+). All 8 plugins tagged “drag” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 drag plugins
- 1.
Mesmerize CompanionThe most installed drag plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 51 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Materialis Companion6K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 10 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
IS-theme-companion1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Beastthemes Companion70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 5.
Homepage Drag and Sort10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 6.
Draggable Post OrderFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
All 8 plugins tagged “drag”
Mesmerize Companion
Up in the last 7 days:2#716by Horea Radu2 months ago
The Mesmerize Companion plugin adds drag and drop page builder functionality to the Mesmerize theme.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.4(51)
- Downloads
- 219/day
Materialis Companion
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,906by Horea Radu2 months ago
The Materialis Companion plugin adds drag and drop page builder functionality to the Materialis theme.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.7(10)
- Downloads
- 34/day
IS-theme-companion
Up in the last 7 days:18#6,766by Infigo Software9 months ago
IS-theme-companion , Enhances themes with extra functionality for Infigo Software Themes.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Beastthemes Companion
Down in the last 7 days:25#18,818by BeastThemes4 years ago
The beastthemes companion plugin adds extra functionality to the themes of beastthemes.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Homepage Drag and Sort
#46,852by flentini13 years ago
choose which posts you want to show in homepage, drag and sort them.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Draggable Post Order
Up in the last 7 days:9,357#50,645by dweipert5 years ago
Drag'n'drop posts to order them
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day