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Best editor plugins for WordPress

The most popular editor plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Elementor Website Builder leads with 10M+ active installs, ahead of Classic Editor (8M+) and Classic Widgets (2M+). All 618 plugins tagged “editor” 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 editor plugins

  1. 1.
    Elementor Website Builder

    The most installed editor plugin, with 10M+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 7,324 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  2. 2.
    Classic Editor

    8M+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,251 reviews, updated 5 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Classic Widgets

    2M+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 273 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  4. 4.
    Advanced Editor Tools

    1M+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 354 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Spectra Legacy

    1M+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 1,872 reviews, updated 5 days ago.

  6. 6.
    User Role Editor

    700K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 288 reviews, updated 4 days ago.

  7. 7.
    Kadence Blocks

    600K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 334 reviews, updated 3 days ago.

  8. 8.
    Disable Gutenberg

    500K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 735 reviews, updated 2 days ago.

  9. 9.
    Page Builder

    400K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 104 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  10. 10.
    GenerateBlocks

    200K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 122 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

All 618 plugins tagged “editor”