Best foundation plugins for WordPress
The most popular foundation plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Icon Fonts leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Zurb Foundation 5 Clearing Gallery (70+) and Foundation Columns (40+). All 9 plugins tagged “foundation” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 foundation plugins
- 1.
Icon FontsThe most installed foundation plugin, with 300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 2.
Zurb Foundation 5 Clearing Gallery70+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 3.
Foundation Columns40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 4.
Foundation Top Bar Navigation Menu20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 5.
Custom Business Locations10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 6.
DX Plugin Base10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 7.
Orbit_Gallery10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 8.
Foundation Shortcodes10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 9.
Themeable Contact FormFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 9 plugins tagged “foundation”
Icon Fonts
Down in the last 7 days:11#10,562by sydcode11 years ago
This plugin adds support for 18 free icon fonts (over 6000 icons).
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Zurb Foundation 5 Clearing Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:148#18,281by ben.moody10 years ago
Enhance Wordpress gallery shortcode content with the Zurb Foundation Clearing lightbox. Just enable and all gallery shortcodes will use Clearing.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Foundation Columns
Down in the last 7 days:12#22,328by tormorten11 years ago
Use the Zurb Foundation-grid and block grid in all your posts, pages and custom post types.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Foundation Top Bar Navigation Menu
Down in the last 7 days:24#26,285by jethin11 years ago
Display a WordPress navigation menu or page list as a responsive Foundation top bar.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Business Locations
#34,614by tatemz13 years ago
Create and edit your business's locations, contact information, and hours of operation. Display them on a custom Google map with a shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DX Plugin Base
Up in the last 7 days:2,179#38,340by Mario Peshev11 years ago
Startup plugin code for new plugin, including the archetype of standard features, admin and core functions to be used in new plugins.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Orbit_Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:5,774#46,991by gabriele.b11 years ago
Orbit_Gallery is based on jQuery Orbit Slider from the team Zurb.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Foundation Shortcodes
#47,799by Oyova11 years ago
Adds WordPress shortcode support for Foundation layouts and UI elements - to be used with themes built with Foundation 5.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Themeable Contact Form
Down in the last 7 days:14,787#67,169by Peter Hebert11 months ago
A simple contact form plugin that allows you to customize the template to match your theme
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day