Best essential widget plugins for WordPress
The most popular essential widget plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. RS Elements Elementor Addon leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of Flux Elementor Addons (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “essential widget” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 essential widget plugins
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RS Elements Elementor AddonThe most installed essential widget plugin, with 400+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Flux Elementor Addons10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 2 plugins tagged “essential widget”
RS Elements Elementor Addon
Up in the last 7 days:22#9,302by RSTheme1 year ago
RSElements Addon is a collection of powerful widgets that works perfectly with Elementor page builder. It has 30+ widgets so you can eaily make awesom …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 3.5(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Flux Elementor Addons
Down in the last 7 days:2,270#45,626by Flux Theme6 years ago
Flux addons is the new free widget library for Elementor page builder users to design the business website more user-friendly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day