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Best edit plugins for WordPress

The most popular edit plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Forget About Shortcode Buttons leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Require Featured Image (3K+) and Roles & Capabilities (1K+). All 110 plugins tagged “edit” 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 edit plugins

  1. 1.
    Forget About Shortcode Buttons

    The most installed edit plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 69 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  2. 2.
    Require Featured Image

    3K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 16 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.

  3. 3.
    Roles & Capabilities

    1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  4. 4.
    Three Column Screen Layout

    1K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 16 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

  5. 5.
    Bulk Menu Edit

    700+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 months ago.

  6. 6.
    Slash Edit

    500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 6 months ago.

  7. 7.
    Tabify Edit Screen

    500+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 22 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.

  8. 8.
    Excerpt Editor

    500+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.

  9. 9.
    Tabs in Post Editor

    400+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.

  10. 10.
    Save and Close

    400+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 13 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.

All 110 plugins tagged “edit”