Best full screen plugins for WordPress
The most popular full screen plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Full Screen Background Image leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Page Takeover (200+) and Full Screen Images (40+). All 5 plugins tagged “full screen” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 full screen plugins
- 1.
Simple Full Screen Background ImageThe most installed full screen plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 45 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 2.
Page Takeover200+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 9 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.Full Screen Images
40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 4.
Search and Menu Popup10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 5.Full screen preloader
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
All 5 plugins tagged “full screen”

Simple Full Screen Background Image
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,077by AMP-MODE3 years ago
This plugin provides a simple way to set an automatically scaled full screen background image.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(45)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Page Takeover
Down in the last 7 days:5#12,374by FancyThemes1 year ago
Create a full-screen popup without a developer. Promote your content and offers in a full-screen overlay.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.2(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Full Screen Images
Down in the last 7 days:14#22,422by Kiran Potphode2 years ago
Viewing images on the full screen. Using the touch/mouse position for panning.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Search and Menu Popup
#32,808by Rajdip Sinha Roy6 years ago
Display Search OR Menu Popup by Clicking on a Button.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Full screen preloader
#72,331by Vidya L7 years ago
A powerful plugin to show full screen preloader with 8 different predefined spinner style and background color option.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day