Best frontier plugins for WordPress
The most popular frontier plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Frontier Restrict Media leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Frontier Restrict Backend (100+) and Frontier Set Featured (100+). All 5 plugins tagged “frontier” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 frontier plugins
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Frontier Restrict MediaThe most installed frontier plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 2.
Frontier Restrict Backend100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 3.
Frontier Set Featured100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 4.
Frontier Buttons40+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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Frontier Query20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
All 5 plugins tagged “frontier”
Frontier Restrict Media
Down in the last 7 days:52#10,707by finnj3 years ago
Frontier Restrict media will restrict users to only access their own media files
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Frontier Restrict Backend
Down in the last 7 days:151#14,806by finnj3 years ago
Frontier Restrict Backend will restrict users from access to the backend (admin area)
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Frontier Set Featured
Up in the last 7 days:137#15,693by finnj3 years ago
Frontier Set Featured will set featured image from images in the post if no featured image is set by the user.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- 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
Frontier Query
Down in the last 7 days:147#27,695by finnj3 years ago
Display list and grouping of posts in widgets, posts and pages. Breakdown posts by categories, taxonomies, date, post type etc.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day