Best guest posting plugins for WordPress
The most popular guest posting plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Frontend Post Submission Manager Lite leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of TT Guest Post Submit (50+) and Free Backlinks & Guest Post Exchange (40+). All 7 plugins tagged “guest posting” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 guest posting plugins
- 1.
Frontend Post Submission Manager LiteThe most installed guest posting plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 22 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
TT Guest Post Submit50+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 15 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 3.
Free Backlinks & Guest Post Exchange40+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
Wizweb Post Submission10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
vWriter Guest Post10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 6.
Simple Editorial Guidelines10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago.
- 7.
Saama Custom DashboardFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 7 plugins tagged “guest posting”
Frontend Post Submission Manager Lite
Down in the last 7 days:3#5,296by WP Shuffle1 month ago
Create guest and logged-in frontend post forms with seeded setup, simple fields, five templates, notifications, and captcha protection.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(22)
- Downloads
- 36/day
TT Guest Post Submit
#20,682by Rashed Latif9 years ago
Submit your post as guest user. Add featured image and other media to the post. Easy to use but very usefull.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.2(15)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Free Backlinks & Guest Post Exchange
Up in the last 7 days:338#21,422by Marijan Karajanov15 days ago
Get free backlinks for your WordPress site: trade guest posts with Google-verified publishers. Earn points hosting, spend them publishing.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Wizweb Post Submission
#34,080by Wizweb IT Solutions Pvt Ltd1 year ago
A powerful WordPress plugin that allows users to submit posts from the frontend with custom fields, dashboards, and WooCommerce monetization options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
vWriter Guest Post
#36,247by takanomi13 years ago
This guest post plugin turns guest posting on its head, giving you an easy and hassle-free way to use the powerful content marketing strategy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Editorial Guidelines
Down in the last 7 days:2,378#43,229by Thomas McGee11 years ago
This plugin enables you to display a simple panel containing your editorial guidelines in the post edit admin to users of your choosing.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Saama Custom Dashboard
Down in the last 7 days:8,854#57,716by Muhammad Usama9 years ago
Custom dashbaord for guest authors, Authors can register, login, manage their posts, profiles and upload avatars directly from from frontend without w …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day