Best family history plugins for WordPress
The most popular family history plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Genealogical Tree leads with 600+ active installs, ahead of RootsPersona (400+) and GedShow (200+). All 13 plugins tagged “family history” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 family history plugins
- 1.
Genealogical TreeThe most installed family history plugin, with 600+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 16 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
RootsPersona400+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 17 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 3.
GedShow200+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 8 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 4.
Genealogy50+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 5.
AP Family Trees40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 6.
GeneaCanvas GEDCOM Family Tree10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
FamTree10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 8.
AP Family ArchiveFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 9.
AP One-Place StudiesFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
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AP Family ResearchFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 13 plugins tagged “family history”
Genealogical Tree
Up in the last 7 days:14#8,151by akdevs2 months ago
Build interactive family trees, create ancestor profiles, and display your genealogy data beautifully on any WordPress site.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.1(16)
- Downloads
- 13/day
RootsPersona
Up in the last 7 days:68#9,565by urryes3 days ago
A real WordPress page for every person of your family tree, made from a GEDCOM file: photos, maps, sources, search and a front page for the tree.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.6(17)
- Downloads
- 22/day
GedShow
Down in the last 7 days:43#12,451by colinsp2 years ago
GedShow creates a shortcode to display the contents of an uploaded gedcom file to show the family history of individuals in the file.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.6(8)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Genealogy
Up in the last 7 days:75#21,044by SuitePlugins5 months ago
"Being revamped" Map out your family relationships using the Genealogy plugin.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AP Family Trees
#21,620by ancestorpress14 days ago
Publish beautiful, interactive family trees on WordPress from GEDCOM. Multiple charts, profile pages, and your family data stays on your own site.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
GeneaCanvas GEDCOM Family Tree
#34,329by Modern Solutions IT7 days ago
Interactive family tree for WordPress. Import a GEDCOM file and publish a zoomable genealogy chart of ancestors, descendants and family clans.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
FamTree
Up in the last 7 days:2,241#43,769by pvogel22 years ago
This plugin provides a block to manage and visualize family trees (Scaffolded with Create Block tool).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AP Family Archive
#55,021by ancestorpress17 days ago
Publish your family history as a complete website - person pages, family groups, a surname index and full search, with living people protected.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
AP One-Place Studies
Up in the last 7 days:5,387#60,945by ancestorpress17 days ago
Publish, analyse and preserve your one-place study on your own WordPress site - your data in your own database, with full export.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
AP Family Research
#68,047by ancestorpress17 days ago
The private research workbench behind your family tree: capture evidence, work your research questions, log every search, promote what you prove.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
AP One-Name Studies
Down in the last 7 days:4,068#73,337by ancestorpress17 days ago
Publish your one-name study on WordPress: surname variants, a searchable occurrence index, distribution maps and full CSV export.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AP Casework Manager
Down in the last 7 days:16,576#73,754by ancestorpress17 days ago
Client casework for professional genealogists: enquiries, clients with GDPR tools, a genealogy intake form sent as a private link, and secure uploads.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ForeBranch
Down in the last 7 days:12,599#74,109by jlcox196429 days ago
Publish your family tree on WordPress from a GEDCOM file: people, families, surnames, sources, and places.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day