Best frontend plugins for WordPress
The most popular frontend plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. My WP Customize Admin/Frontend leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of UsersWP (3K+) and Hide Title (800+). All 98 plugins tagged “Frontend” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 frontend plugins
- 1.
My WP Customize Admin/FrontendThe most installed frontend plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 16 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
UsersWP3K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.Hide Title
800+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 4.
Archive Posts Sort Customize500+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 14 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 5.Checklist
300+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 6.Tailor Page Builder
300+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 53 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 7.
Media Playback Speed300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 8.
Gravity Forms300+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 13 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 9.
Disable Version Caching200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 10.Advanced Settings 3
200+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 7 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 98 plugins tagged “Frontend”

My WP Customize Admin/Frontend
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,317by gqevu6bsiz16 days ago
Simply and easy-to-use the customize for Admin and Frontend. A lot of custom filters and actions, and included the developer tools.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.3(16)
- Downloads
- 112/day

UsersWP
Down in the last 7 days:15#3,931by Stiofan1 month ago
ReCaptcha addon for UsersWP.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 37/day
Hide Title
Down in the last 7 days:23#7,265by Jitendra Banjara9 years ago
Allows admin to hide the title tag on single pages and posts.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Archive Posts Sort Customize
Down in the last 7 days:33#8,704by gqevu6bsiz11 years ago
Customize the display order of the list of Archive Posts.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.9(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Checklist
Down in the last 7 days:54#10,144by checklistcom7 years ago
Turn any list in your blog to a beautiful interactive checklist. Print, Use, Share, Download to Mobile and more. 100% Free.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Tailor Page Builder
Down in the last 7 days:43#10,600by Andrew Worsfold9 years ago
Build beautiful layouts for your content faster and easier than ever before using your favourite theme!
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(53)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Media Playback Speed
Down in the last 7 days:4#10,806by LewisCowles4 years ago
Add speed controls to audio and video hosted from your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:10#11,108by Jupitercow11 years ago
Allows you to use Gravity Forms to update any post on the front end.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.5(13)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Disable Version Caching
Down in the last 7 days:26#12,174by mrkhanakia6 years ago
Updates the assets version of all CSS and JS files. Shows the latest changes on the site without asking the client to clear browser cache.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Advanced Settings 3
Down in the last 7 days:71#12,664by Helmut Wandl14 days ago
Adds settings that you might expect to find in the WordPress core.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.9(7)
- Downloads
- 17/day

BuddyForms Advanced Custom Fields
Down in the last 7 days:180#13,832by Themekraft1 month ago
Add BuddyForms frontend forms that map to field groups created with the Advanced Custom Fields plugin. Independent integration; ACF is not included.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.3(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Flexible Frontend Login
Up in the last 7 days:100#15,115by palatino13 years ago
Easily place a link to a Login Form Popup at any place of your site. Saves a lot of screen property and looks very nice.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.6(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
DJD Site Post
Down in the last 7 days:117#15,351by djarzyna12 years ago
Write and edit a post at the front end without leaving your site. Supports guest posts.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.9(20)
- Downloads
- 0/day

FV Thoughtful Comments
Down in the last 7 days:180#18,319by FolioVision1 year ago
FV Thoughtful Comments adds front end comment moderation including sophisticated banning mechanisms. Say Goodbye to Disqus!
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Frontend File Upload
Up in the last 7 days:525#18,873by Muneeb2 months ago
Allows users to upload files directly in WordPress Database from frontend.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Dokan Product Duplicator
#18,906by weDevs9 years ago
Duplicate other sellers product to your store on Dokan marketplace.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tailor Page Builder
Down in the last 7 days:145#19,242by Andrew Worsfold10 years ago
Adds new features and functionality to the Tailor page builder.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

One Click Delete Page and Post
Up in the last 7 days:386#19,522by Magnathorax5 months ago
Adds a "Delete" item to the frontend admin bar next to the Edit link.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
CodeablePress
#20,333by codeablepress10 months ago
A simple, lightweight, and secure way for users to upload profile pictures directly from the WooCommerce My Account page or via shortcode.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Quick Admin Links
Down in the last 7 days:3#21,471by Mark Barnes17 years ago
Widget to add useful admin links on every page, allowing you to add new posts/pages, edit existing posts/pages, go to the admin, or log out.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WooCommerce Frontend Shop Manager
Up in the last 7 days:115#21,626by dzeriho11 years ago
The ultimate tool for managing WooCommerce shops, right at the frontend, featuring live product editing and full vendor support! - Mihajlovicnenad.com
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Frontier Buttons
Down in the last 7 days:52#21,661by finnj6 years ago
Full control of your WP editor toolbars. Adds Table, Search/Replace, Preview & Code sample tinymce plugins. Enable visual editor for comments.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

CiviCRM Event List
Down in the last 7 days:23#22,091by orcasdev8 years ago
Show all your Events managed with CiviCRM in your frontend.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post From Site
Down in the last 7 days:137#22,516by Kelly Choyce-Dwan15 years ago
Write a post without leaving your site!
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Frontend HTTP Auth Protection
#23,001by Prashant Baldha10 years ago
Frontend HTTP Authentication Protection makes private front part of your website. When web developer like to give demo of website to end client before …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day

Frontend User Avatar
#24,684by Albert Tarres1 year ago
Effortlessly manage and display your user profile avatar from the frontend
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Eonet Frontend Publisher
Up in the last 7 days:59#25,034by Alkaweb8 years ago
Create and Edit any WordPress post type, easily with Eonet. Manage permissions as well.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 3/day
RT Frontend Entry View for Gravity Forms
Up in the last 7 days:127#25,794by raintech3572 months ago
Display Gravity Forms entries on the frontend with a simple shortcode. Supports filtering, search, pagination, export, and custom views.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Front-end Category Management
Down in the last 7 days:409#27,439by Manish Kumar Agarwal12 years ago
A handy and simple plugin for creating/editing categories/terms and sub-categories on the WordPress user end.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CSS-JS-Booster
#28,050by Schepp16 years ago
CSS-JS-Booster automates performance optimizing steps related to CSS, Media and Javascript linking/embedding.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PaleSwitch
Up in the last 7 days:46#28,299by AguilArt Design4 months ago
Manage frontend light and dark color palettes for Elementor using Global Colors.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Admin Menu in Frontend
#29,574by Kostya Tereshchuk25 days ago
Shows the WordPress admin menu on the public pages of your site, so every admin screen is one click away while you view the site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tailor Page Builder
#29,649by Andrew Worsfold9 years ago
Show off your creative side with this powerful extension for the free Tailor frontend page builder!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Login Non-Admin Redirection
Down in the last 7 days:179#30,658by edik12 years ago
Sets login redirection to front-end site url if 'redirect to' parameter isn't set.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sewn In Notifications
Down in the last 7 days:636#30,782by Jupitercow11 years ago
A centralized, application notification center for front end users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

TeenyBar
Up in the last 7 days:1,047#31,083by Neutrope Inc.3 months ago
TeenyBar hides the front-end Admin Bar until needed, with hot zones, fixed-header support, and timing controls.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Caregiver
#31,142by Blintux13 years ago
Adds many options for tweaking frontend and backend of your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

muv
#31,237by Meins und Vogel (muv)9 years ago
Dieses Plugin erweitert Ihren Internet-Auftritt um die Möglichkeit, Ihren Kunden ein Kundenkonto anzubieten. Kunden können sich registrieren, anmelden …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sewn In Post Delete
Down in the last 7 days:42#31,386by Jupitercow11 years ago
A very basic framework for deleting posts on the front end. Uses a nonce for security and checks capabilities to what a user has access to.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Main Entrance
#32,697by Christian Gatti2 months ago
Login, register or recover password through a handy and safe form that you can easily place, through shortcode, in every page or post of your WordPres …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Front-end Categories
#32,767by Jack - BNFW12 years ago
A tiny and super simple plugin for creating categories and sub-categories on the WordPress front-end using Ajax.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

LH Logged In Static Frontpage
Up in the last 7 days:965#33,053by shawfactor9 years ago
Have a different static frontpage for logged in visitors
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AdMinimal Bar
Down in the last 7 days:134#34,457by DCODED3 years ago
AdMinimal Bar is designed to streamline your workflow and enhance productivity. With AdMinimal Bar, you can minimize the WordPress admin bar on the fr …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tailor Page Builder
Down in the last 7 days:356#34,800by Andrew Worsfold10 years ago
Create a stylish storefront with this powerful extension for the free Tailor frontend page builder!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tabbed Cats
Up in the last 7 days:4,674#37,202by theode5 years ago
Show some subcategories in tabs based on CSS tabs only. tabbedcats @wpplugindevcom
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Frontend Post for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:7,805#40,108by djekanovic8 years ago
This plugin is extension for Elementor, it creates new widget called "Frontend Post" which you can use to provide functionality for frontend …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

LH Recover Password
#40,371by shawfactor7 years ago
Easily place a HTML5 password recovery form on the front end of your website
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ACF Page Level
Down in the last 7 days:5,268#40,398by Navneil Naicker4 years ago
Sometimes you want to show the field groups based on the page level right? Well here you go. Enjoy!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Breadcrumb For Frontend
#40,483by Gautam Buddha8 years ago
Awesome breadcrumb for frontend plugin for visitors keep track thier location and BFF(Breadcrumb For Frontend) plugin is fully compatiable with all de …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ardatech Bridgehead
Up in the last 7 days:1,667#41,637by mexzyrx6 months ago
Connect your WordPress site to AI-built frontends. Ardatech Bridgehead exposes your content as clean REST API endpoints that any AI tool can build on.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day