Best event timeline plugins for WordPress
The most popular event timeline plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Bold Timeline Lite leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of History Timeline for Biography, Company History & Event Timeline (1K+) and Event Timeline (1K+). All 3 plugins tagged “event timeline” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 event timeline plugins
- 1.
Bold Timeline LiteThe most installed event timeline plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
History Timeline for Biography, Company History & Event Timeline1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 3.
Event Timeline1K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 20 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
All 3 plugins tagged “event timeline”

Bold Timeline Lite
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,753by boldthemes5 months ago
Bold Timeline Lite – WordPress Timeline Plugin
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 53/day

History Timeline for Biography, Company History & Event Timeline
Down in the last 7 days:12#6,318by themesawesome2 years ago
Create animated horizontal and vertical timeline under 5 minutes for personal history, company timeline and event story timeline
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Event Timeline
Down in the last 7 days:23#6,470by richteam4 years ago
Timeline plugin is fully responsive. Timeline Is awesome WordPress plugin with many useful features and effects.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(20)
- Downloads
- 11/day