Best elegant plugins for WordPress
The most popular elegant plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Elegant Posts Widget leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Readability (10+) and Image Gallery Google Style (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “elegant” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 elegant plugins
- 1.
Elegant Posts WidgetThe most installed elegant plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 2.
Readability10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 3.
Image Gallery Google Style10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 4.
Custom Smart ModalFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
ElegantUI Social Media IconsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 5 plugins tagged “elegant”
Elegant Posts Widget
Up in the last 7 days:102#29,019by templatebyte9 years ago
Adds a widget to display the posts on your blog elegantly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Readability
Up in the last 7 days:377#40,651by Piotr Sochalewski15 years ago
Plugin which lets you to show posts in stylish, legible pop-up window, like in Safari.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Gallery Google Style
Up in the last 7 days:4,822#42,347by bigflannel3 years ago
Transform your regular WordPress galleries into elegant grids of thumbnails that open to display a larger image with previous and next buttons.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Smart Modal
Up in the last 7 days:4,913#57,612by md101 year ago
A simple yet powerful way to add elegance to your website with a customizable animated welcome modal.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ElegantUI Social Media Icons
#64,009by mdboon7 years ago
Elegant social media icons.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day