Best feature plugins for WordPress
The most popular feature plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Stealth Publish leads with 900+ active installs, ahead of Featured Post Widget (300+) and Advanced Featured Post Widget (100+). All 18 plugins tagged “feature” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 feature plugins
- 1.
Stealth PublishThe most installed feature plugin, with 900+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 2.
Featured Post Widget300+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 3.
Advanced Featured Post Widget100+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 4.
External url as post Featured Image (thumbnail)100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 5.
Bug Library100+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 6.
Switch Core90+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.0.
- 7.
Media Features80+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
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Feature Me50+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 9.
Featured Post Manager10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
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Featured Today10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.2.
All 18 plugins tagged “feature”
Stealth Publish
Down in the last 7 days:3#7,201by Scott Reilly10 years ago
Prevent specified posts from being featured on the front page or in feeds, and from notifying external services of publication.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Featured Post Widget
Down in the last 7 days:22#10,731by tepelstreel10 years ago
With the Featured Post Widget you can put a certain post in the focus and style it differently.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Advanced Featured Post Widget
Up in the last 7 days:1#15,421by tepelstreel10 years ago
With the Advanced Featured Post Widget you can put a certain post (or post type) in the focus and style it differently.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day
External url as post Featured Image (thumbnail)
Up in the last 7 days:329#16,389by Puvox Software2 years ago
[ ✅ 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐔𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 b𝓎 𝒫𝓊𝓋𝑜𝓍] Set External-URL as post thumbnail url.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bug Library
Up in the last 7 days:201#16,570by Yannick Lefebvre1 year ago
This plugin provides an easy way to incorporate a bug/enhancement tracking system to a WordPress site.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Switch Core
Down in the last 7 days:17#16,906by ThemesGrove7 years ago
More customize option included with that.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Media Features
Up in the last 7 days:95#17,571by Vitor Carvalho14 years ago
Adds category organization, file type filter/browser, uploaded image resize, crop and JPEG quality controllers.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Feature Me
Down in the last 7 days:152#21,296by iandbanks12 years ago
A simple widget that allows you to feature any page or post on your website.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Featured Post Manager
Up in the last 7 days:4,509#39,159by srcoley16 years ago
Let's you select a specific category for featured posts, and manage those selections on the WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Featured Today
Up in the last 7 days:3,017#40,274by Amit Kumar Singh15 years ago
Featured Today shows featured articles like it is shown on linkedin today.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hikari Featured Comments
Up in the last 7 days:2,257#42,749hikari-featured-comments16 years ago
It adds 3 new custom fields to comments (Featured, Buried, Children buried), allowing you to add special properties to each of them.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Super Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:1,353#43,328by Jeff Stieler16 years ago
Feature posts in your sidebar. Select posts by Blog (multisite), individually, by Post Type, or by Tag/Category/Taxonomy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Theme Junkie Features Content
Down in the last 7 days:9,351#46,791by Theme Junkie4 years ago
Adds a Feature section to your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Remove GDPR
Up in the last 7 days:6,130#66,208by johndeebdd8 years ago
In version 4.9.6. WordPress added certain privacy "features" to core. These include a Privacy Policy page, and an opt-in check box in the co …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Blocks for Gutenberg
#73,119by Nick Tomkin5 years ago
This is a very simple plugin that adds a few, white-labeled blocks to help you add some variety in how you display content on your website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day