Best hashtag plugins for WordPress
The most popular hashtag plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Hashtag leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Publicize With Hashtags (200+) and ThinkTwit (10+). All 13 plugins tagged “hashtag” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 hashtag plugins
- 1.
HashtagThe most installed hashtag plugin, with 200+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 8 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 2.
Publicize With Hashtags200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 3.
ThinkTwit10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 4.
BuddyPress Activity Stream Hashtags10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago.
- 5.
Custom Social Embed10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 6.
Twitter Highlight10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 7.
Portfolio Plugin10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 8.
Twitter Hashtag10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 9.
Twitter Hashtag Blaster10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
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Automatic Twitter Links10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
All 13 plugins tagged “hashtag”
Hashtag
Up in the last 7 days:34#11,890by takien10 years ago
Use hashtag on WordPress just like on Twitter or Facebook. Word preceded with hash automatically converted into clickable link.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Publicize With Hashtags
Down in the last 7 days:51#12,644by Darkseal11 years ago
Automatically append hashtags to content sent by Jetpack Publicize module. Hashtags will be created using post tags. Dupe and length check included.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ThinkTwit
Down in the last 7 days:346#29,264by Stephen Pickett5 years ago
Outputs tweets from any Twitter users, hashtag or keyword through the Widget interface. Can be called via shortcode or PHP function call and supports …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Activity Stream Hashtags
#32,378by rich! @ etiviti15 years ago
This plugin will convert #hashtags references to a link (activity search page) posted within the activity stream
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Social Embed
#34,675by teodoropiccinni7 years ago
This WordPress plugin will help you in removing some frustrating description and comments on photos and videos embedded from Instagram social network.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Twitter Highlight
Up in the last 7 days:5,768#38,481by Eduardo Reveles11 years ago
Convert twitter usernames, hashtags and lists in pages, posts or comments to a twitter link.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Portfolio Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:7,736#39,610by lisa_westlund11 years ago
Use Instagram to display your portfolio. Choose whether to display all images from your account, or only the ones you tag with a custom hashtag.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Twitter Hashtag
#41,945by sparklabs14 years ago
Agregar rapidamente el twitte tieme line.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Twitter Hashtag Blaster
Down in the last 7 days:2,495#46,783by zackproser12 years ago
Add Twitter hashtag buttons at the end of every post, for any hashtag you want. Sends shortlinks to your articles into Twitter!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Automatic Twitter Links
#47,289by Nolongeractive15 years ago
This plugin automatically converts Twitter usernames and hashtags to Twitter profile- and searchlinks in pages, posts and comments.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fetch Tweets
Down in the last 7 days:7,662#47,616by miunosoft12 years ago
Extracts and displays only hastags from the result of Fetch Tweets.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hashtag URL Placeholder
Down in the last 7 days:2,301#48,391by Russell Aaron9 years ago
Create a #hastag linking to your latest post, in a post type or category.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ShootCal Social Feed
#74,100by rsmith43212 days ago
A lightweight, cached Instagram feed for professional accounts with local hashtag filtering.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day