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.
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Top 10 edit plugins
- 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.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.
Roles & Capabilities1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Three Column Screen Layout1K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 16 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 5.
Bulk Menu Edit700+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 6.
Slash Edit500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 6 months ago.
- 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.Excerpt Editor
500+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
- 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.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”
Forget About Shortcode Buttons
#1,196by Code Amp2 years ago
A visual way to add CSS buttons in the rich text editor and to your themes.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(69)
- Downloads
- 41/day
Require Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,905by pressupinc6 years ago
Requires content you specify to have a featured image set before they can be published.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 3.9(16)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Roles & Capabilities
Down in the last 7 days:12#5,460by Ariel10 months ago
Take full control of user roles and capabilities in WordPress with an intuitive, powerful interface.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 30/day

Three Column Screen Layout
Down in the last 7 days:22#5,515by Chad Hovell10 years ago
Three, four and five column screen layouts for the post editor.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.8(16)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Bulk Menu Edit
Down in the last 7 days:23#7,791by M.Code3 months ago
Remove multiple menu items in one single click, through a soft and clean interface.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 10/day

Slash Edit
Down in the last 7 days:34#8,850by BerryPress6 months ago
Save time by editing posts, pages, users, and more with a simple /edit URL shortcut. This is a fast admin shortcut for WordPress admin editing.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Tabify Edit Screen
Up in the last 7 days:9#8,949by Marko Heijnen5 years ago
Enable tabs in the edit screen and manage them from the back-end.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.9(22)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Excerpt Editor
Up in the last 7 days:46#8,965by Andrew Ozz17 years ago
Quick edit or create excerpts for both Posts and Pages, auto-generate and append excerpts or replace the content with excerpts.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 7/day
Tabs in Post Editor
Down in the last 7 days:33#9,346by Aaron Butacov13 years ago
Write code in the WP post editor? Hate not being able to use [tab]s? Now you can.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Save and Close
Down in the last 7 days:17#9,380by lightbulbdigital13 years ago
Adds a Save and Close button to the admin post edit screen which allows you to return to the post listing page after editing.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(13)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Bulk Term Editor
Down in the last 7 days:27#10,013by Yuya Hoshino2 years ago
You can register or edit terms in bulk. Copy cells in the spreadsheet, all that remains is to paste to this plugin.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Responsive Post Preview
Up in the last 7 days:10#10,098by Jake Bresnehan11 years ago
Adds the ability to view your posts and pages at different viewport sizes with a click of a button
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP User Profiles
Up in the last 7 days:46#11,603by John James Jacoby29 days ago
A sophisticated way to edit users in WordPress.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(19)
- Downloads
- 60/day
Insert Featured Image Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:33#11,916by Aaron Butacov13 years ago
Adds a shortcode to insert the post's featured image into the post's content.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pages Children
#12,236by Paul Menard12 years ago
[Plugin Homepage](http://www.codehooligans.com/projects/wordpress/pages-children/ "Pages-Children Plugin for WordPress")
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day

PRyC WP/WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:24#12,404by Patryk5 months ago
Plugin add filter to enable edit options to all orders (all statuses) for store staff in WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Only One Category
Up in the last 7 days:62#12,486by pressupinc10 years ago
Limits a post to a single category by changing the checkboxes into radio buttons. Simple.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.1(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Edit Homepage
Up in the last 7 days:47#13,226by Tommy Ferry2 years ago
A simple WordPress plugin that adds a homepage edit link to the admin sidebar.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Quicktags for WP
Up in the last 7 days:37#13,345by David Klhufek2 months ago
This simple plugin adds useful buttons to the native WordPress HTML editor.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Empty Tags Remover
Down in the last 7 days:98#14,135by Dan-Lucian Stefancu1 year ago
Really simple plugin. It just removes all your empty tags on demand.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day

BCloud Elementor Form Extender
Down in the last 7 days:188#15,347by Salil Agarwal1 year ago
Extends Elementor Pro Form Widget. Now Add/edit posts types from frontend. Adds Range and Calculated Fields to form. Requires Elementor Pro plugin.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day

GUI
Up in the last 7 days:6#15,571by JasmanXcrew9 years ago
This plugin for edit your posts on the front-end of your site without going to wp-admin edit page, this work using tinymce inline technology.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Return shortlink button
Up in the last 7 days:20#15,938by CheGevara295 months ago
Return "shortlink" button on edit page
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
TRUEedit
Up in the last 7 days:7#16,827by macguru200015 years ago
TRUEedit turns the Post HTML Tab into a raw HTML editor that does not texturize or modify your code.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Admin Menu Editor
Down in the last 7 days:70#18,489by chrisnowak16 years ago
Easily and Simply show and hide what is in your admin nav. That's it.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

List More Custom Field Names
#18,571by Scott Reilly4 months ago
Allows for more existing custom field names to be listed in the dropdown selection field when writing a post.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:46#18,657by Kevin Miller14 years ago
Update or Delete Posts, Pages or Custom Post Types with Gravity Forms
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Edit Usernames
Up in the last 7 days:116#18,777by Matt Miller15 days ago
The Edit Usernames plugin allows WordPress admins and WooCommerce managers to edit the users' usernames through the admin dashboard. Simple!
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Edit Post Link
Down in the last 7 days:3#18,861by Rafael Funchal2 months ago
A plugin to insert a stylized link to edit posts and pages
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Configurator
Down in the last 7 days:64#19,410by CodeRichard11 years ago
Configurator is a plugin that allows you to edit wp-config.php in the browser.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Admin post tag filter
Up in the last 7 days:83#19,475by Kiran Patil5 years ago
Allowed admin to filter the posts or pages using tags.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Future Posts Calendar
Up in the last 7 days:253#19,791by Aaron Butacov13 years ago
This plugin adds a monthly calendar that shows all the dates you have future posts.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Category Reminder
Down in the last 7 days:40#20,643by robfelty16 years ago
This plugin requires users to assign a category to each post other than "Uncategorized".
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Regenerate Post Slug on Save
Up in the last 7 days:28#20,900by dpoakaspine8 years ago
Regenerate the post (or any other post type) slug on each save. Useful if you want to mass edit slugs for example.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Bulk Page Maker
Up in the last 7 days:45#21,255by SlimBob11 years ago
Create up to 20 pages or posts at a time! Choose title, slug, parent, template, status, format, and content via the default WordPress Editor.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:46#22,142by RPG8416 years ago
Easily edit and see featured images on your post edit screen.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Third Column
#23,923by Marcus Downing12 years ago
Adds a third column on the Edit Post screen.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Manageable
Down in the last 7 days:73#24,577by Aaron Harp18 years ago
Inline editing of the date, title, author, categories, tags, status and more on both posts and pages without leaving the "Manage" admin sect …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ajaxed Comments
#24,698by dFactory12 years ago
Ajaxed Comments adds AJAX to WordPress comments. It enables editing comments inline, AJAX moderation, error handling and time limited comment editing.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.2(11)
- Downloads
- 3/day

Eonet Frontend Publisher
Up in the last 7 days:59#25,034by Alkaweb8 years ago
Create and Edit any WordPress post type, easily with Eonet. Manage permissions as well.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 3/day
ImageDrop
Down in the last 7 days:202#26,751by montania13 years ago
Add images to your posts or pages with a more user friendly drag and drop interface.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Live Editor
Up in the last 7 days:857#26,908by lolitaframework9 years ago
Plugin for adding live editting functionality to the wordpress site.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SF Generate Tags
#27,429by Studiofreya8 years ago
Generate tags for posts from images or/and post text.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Quick Search Only One Category Posting
#28,147by longbsvnu9 years ago
Quick Search And Only One Category Posting support quickly selecting category via search box when there are many categories.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BCorp Visual Editor
Down in the last 7 days:70#28,588by BCorp10 years ago
Powerful drag and drop page builder.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Htaccess Edit
Down in the last 7 days:36#29,408by asilweb6 years ago
Simple and Safe WordPress htaccess file editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Neptune Style Element
Up in the last 7 days:180#29,579by neptunetheme.com8 years ago
Stable tag: 1.0 License: GPLv2 or later Customize any element with support for live preview in the Customizer.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Table Pixie
Down in the last 7 days:1,154#30,118by ianmjones2 months ago
Search, sort, view and edit your settings and metadata, even serialized and base64 encoded values.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

New Tab Actions by wasiwarez
#30,716by Holger Wassenhoven7 months ago
Adds row actions to WordPress post and page list tables for executing in new tab
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Developer Code Editor
Up in the last 7 days:309#30,987by ChrisHurst14 years ago
Plugin for WordPress Developers to enhance Theme and Plugin Editors on their WordPress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day