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Best guidelines plugins for WordPress

The most popular guidelines plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Theme Check leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Editorial Guidelines (10+) and Simple Editorial Guidelines (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “guidelines” 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 4 guidelines plugins

  1. 1.
    Theme Check

    The most installed guidelines plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 195 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Editorial Guidelines

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago.

  3. 3.
    Simple Editorial Guidelines

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago.

  4. 4.
    Ciao SEO

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.

All 4 plugins tagged “guidelines”