Best friendly plugins for WordPress

The most popular friendly plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Pinyin Permalinks (拼音链接) leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of SEO Friendly Images (20+) and Online Leaf (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “friendly” 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 friendly plugins

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Pinyin Permalinks (拼音链接)
The most installed friendly plugin, with 200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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SEO Friendly Images
20+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
3.
Online Leaf
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.