Best fake news plugins for WordPress
The most popular fake news plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Factcheck leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Legitimate Post Submitter (fewer than 10) and VidCheck (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “fake news” 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 3 fake news plugins
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WP FactcheckThe most installed fake news plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 2.
Legitimate Post SubmitterFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 3.
VidCheckFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
All 3 plugins tagged “fake news”
WP Factcheck
#35,819by Fotso Fonkam5 years ago
Publish fact-checking articles on your platform
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Legitimate Post Submitter
Up in the last 7 days:4,463#58,522by Gerard Donnelly2 years ago
The Legitimate Wordpress Plugin lets users automatically submit their posts to their Legitimate profile as soon as they are published.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
VidCheck
Down in the last 7 days:7,919#71,385by factly5 years ago
VidCheck makes video fact-checking standardized for fact-checkers, easy to read, understand for audiences, & scalable for platforms, fact-checkers.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day