Best fresh plugins for WordPress
The most popular fresh plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Restore Old Admin Colors leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of StylePress (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “fresh” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 fresh plugins
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Restore Old Admin ColorsThe most installed fresh plugin, with 30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.StylePress
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
All 2 plugins tagged “fresh”

Restore Old Admin Colors
Down in the last 7 days:209#23,542by Goal Prevail4 months ago
Restore the classic pre-7.0 "Fresh" WordPress admin color scheme as the default, without overriding custom user choices.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
StylePress
Down in the last 7 days:1,066#47,620by dtbaker16 years ago
Add more styles to the WordPress Dashboard - Añade más estilos al escritorio de WordPress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day