Best help plugins for WordPress
The most popular help plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP101 Video Tutorial Plugin leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of WP Help (9K+) and Text Hover (1K+). All 65 plugins tagged “help” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 help plugins
- 1.
WP101 Video Tutorial PluginThe most installed help plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 11 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.WP Help
9K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 54 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 3.
Text Hover1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 17 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 4.
Admin Help Docs600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
DocsPress300+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 14 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 6.
Intro Tour Tutorial DeepPresentation200+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 24 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
Help Manager30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 8.
AIT AI Admin Assistance30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
Better Admin Help Tabs30+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 10.
Admin Expert Mode20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
All 65 plugins tagged “help”

WP101 Video Tutorial Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,804by Syed Balkhi1 year ago
Professional video tutorials for WordPress, WooCommerce, Elementor, and more, right in the dashboard of your WordPress site. Perfect for beginners.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(11)
- Downloads
- 71/day
WP Help
Down in the last 7 days:10#2,295by Mark Jaquith2 years ago
Site operators can create detailed, hierarchical documentation for the site's authors, editors, and contributors, viewable in the WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.8(54)
- Downloads
- 73/day

Text Hover
Down in the last 7 days:7#5,286by Scott Reilly4 years ago
Add hover text (aka tooltips) to content in posts. Handy for providing explanations of names, terms, phrases, abbreviations, and acronyms.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Admin Help Docs
Up in the last 7 days:70#8,061by PluginRx1 month ago
Site developers and operators can easily create help documentation and notices for the admin area.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day

DocsPress
Down in the last 7 days:44#9,997by nK15 days ago
Create, host and manage multiple products documentations.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.4(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Intro Tour Tutorial DeepPresentation
Up in the last 7 days:50#11,969by Tomáš Groulík7 months ago
Step-by-step tutorial guide, web or new feature intro tour created intuitively with the visual builder and detail configuration on the admin board
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.8(24)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Help Manager
#23,522by Bohemia Plugins4 years ago
Create documentation for the site's authors, editors, and contributors viewable in the WordPress admin and avoid repeated "how-to" questions.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 3/day

AIT AI Admin Assistance
Up in the last 7 days:426#24,421by Rustaurius2 months ago
A slide-in help panel for the WP admin with designer guidance, bookmarks, workflows, quick links, and optional AI-powered contextual assistance.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Better Admin Help Tabs
#24,503by Stephen S10 years ago
Allows creation and placement of Admin Help Tabs (those pull down tabs at the top of some admin pages) on any page or post, including custom post type …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 3/day

Admin Expert Mode
#27,159by Scott Reilly5 years ago
Allows users to hide inline documentation and help text that are geared for beginning users in the WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Client Reference
Up in the last 7 days:109#32,658by Steve Grunwell14 years ago
Create a reference guide for clients right in the WordPress administration area.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lorem
#35,321by Lorem Technologies7 years ago
Work with Lorem to design, build, and fix your website. Our experts are here for you 24/7. Trusted by thousands of business owners around the world.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

OSToolbar
#37,309by OSTraining10 years ago
OSToolbar is a plugin that shows training videos inside your WordPress admin panel.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Donation Manager for WooCommerce
#38,731by PluginEver2 months ago
Easily manage donations and effortlessly collect donation with WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Getting Started
#39,160by Mike Martel14 years ago
Replace WordPress' Welcome Panel with a simple but effective walkthrough
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Orbisius Support Tickets
Down in the last 7 days:4,520#39,852by Svetoslav Marinov7 years ago
Minimalistic support ticket system that enables you to start providing awesome support in 2 minutes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Support Forum for Envato
Down in the last 7 days:416#41,668by octagonwebstudio7 years ago
Support Forum for Envato is allows you to set different user permissions for certain threads according to user envato purchase codes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Documentation
Up in the last 7 days:3,500#41,775by Basecraft8 months ago
Adds a simple documentation page to your WordPress admin to keep instructions, notes, and other helpful information for maintaining your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day

Custom Help
Down in the last 7 days:5,055#42,636by codents4 years ago
Plugin to add custom documentation to all admin pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 2/day
Client Dash WP Help Add on
Up in the last 7 days:1,944#43,737by Kyle Maurer12 years ago
What it does
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP MtG-Helper
Down in the last 7 days:5,507#46,543by distractedBySquirrels13 years ago
The goal of this plugin is to help you writing articels about Magic: the Gathering like tournament reports or draft walkthroughs and reducing the time …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Inline Manual
Down in the last 7 days:2,893#46,606by 204611 years ago
Connect Inline Manual with your Wordpress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Digital Humans
#46,957by unithresearchlabs2 years ago
UNITH Digital Humans are personalized, real-time conversational assistants. Use this plugin to add a UNITH Digital Human to your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dashboard Help
Down in the last 7 days:282#47,060by lahti50015 years ago
This plugin provides a way for admins to post links to site specific user resources in the dashboard.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Better Admin Pointers
Down in the last 7 days:11,719#47,412by Stephen S10 years ago
Allows creation and placement of Admin Pointers (those little blue help boxes) on any page or post, including custom post types.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.2(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
UserDeck Customer Support
Down in the last 7 days:9,617#47,564by userdeck4 years ago
Easily integrate UserDeck's embedded support software into your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

L7 Admin Help Videos
Down in the last 7 days:11,702#48,454by Jeff10 years ago
Display video posts to clients on the administration screen. Give your clients a little extra help in the form of a how to video.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 2/day

Knowledge Base
Up in the last 7 days:610#48,557by tsplugins19 days ago
Build a documentation hub from pages, posts, custom post types, and taxonomies with drag-and-drop navigation and a live preview.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Help Docs
#48,618by interfacelab8 years ago
Directly integrate markdown based help documentation for your WordPress theme or plugin into the WordPress admin for your end users and clients.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Easy Read and Pictograms blocks for Gutenberg
#53,612by estudioinclusivo8 years ago
Create accessible content by providing wordpress with an easy-to-read version with pictograms, your titles, subtitles and contents.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

I Need Help!
Up in the last 7 days:10,769#56,135by Web Guy9 months ago
From any page on the front-end or back-end of your WordPress-powered site, send out an SOS to your webmaster if you run into any trouble.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Finally Free Support
Up in the last 7 days:16,325#56,579by stoute8 years ago
Free WordPress support for small business owners. Live chat, support tickets, consulting calls.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Hilp
#62,428by Hilp7 years ago
Got stuck on a problem? Get help and hand over the work to our developer and we will take care of it.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Helpinator Quick Publish
Up in the last 7 days:10,447#62,716by grayscaler6 years ago
Helpinator Quick Publish extends WordPess XML-RPC API with functions that speed up project publishing and updates.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Butterfly Button
#63,373by butterflybutton9 months ago
A digital safe zone that secretly provides domestic violence victims with information, assistance and expert contacts without leaving traces.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
editant Docs
Up in the last 7 days:4,395#64,368by editant2 days ago
A documentation section for any WordPress site: categorised articles with a foldable sidebar, styled out of the box and rebrandable by you.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
QA Assistant
Up in the last 7 days:4,148#66,025by Mohammad Obayed Mamur6 months ago
A comprehensive tool for Software Quality Assurance Engineers with advanced Git branch management capabilities.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PubPla AI Help Center
#66,122by Tarosky Inc.1 month ago
AI powered FAQ and Help Document Management Plugin for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Admin Notes WP
Down in the last 7 days:672#66,704by Steve Puddick5 years ago
Add 'how to' instructional videos, slide shows, and more directly in individual WordPress admin pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Tips
Down in the last 7 days:12,445#67,550by ivan1926 years ago
This plugin allows newbies to understand WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

AssistifyDesk
Down in the last 7 days:6,909#67,599by WPExtent5 months ago
A central support hub that shows where to get help for every installed plugin and theme on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Robse Client Manual
#68,161by robsejp6 days ago
Put an operation manual for your clients inside the WordPress admin, with a "How to use this screen" button on the screens they actually use.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 40/day
FAQtastic
#68,225by NOUS Open Usefull & Simple2 months ago
FAQ manager and light chatbot. Build your own Q&A database, available via an accordion block or a live chatbot. Also brings help in backoffice.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SimpleDocs
Down in the last 7 days:13,190#69,273by taha.tr11 months ago
A powerful, theme-friendly documentation system that works out of the box—no bloat, no JS, just clean, structured, and styled docs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Helpr Agent
#70,946by art.drg8 years ago
Helpr Agent helps agencies to improve their customer service and to increase their sales through their WordPress projects.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

HelpWidget
#71,582by et4aa1 year ago
This plugin is designed to help customers It is highly dynamic, allowing the content of the HelpWidget and its display timing to be fully customizable
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ResQ
Down in the last 7 days:8,561#72,118by sandorlaz6 years ago
ResQ allows any site to offer its visitors the opportunity to help those in need or to benefit from local help.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

FloatyFAQ
#72,172by Mario Merola9 months ago
Interactive FAQ system with floating balloon, categories, search and statistics.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Alpsws FAQ Accordion
#72,634by alpsws3 months ago
Create responsive FAQ accordions with categories, shortcode support, FAQ schema, and an easy-to-manage WordPress interface.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

WP How to
Down in the last 7 days:830#73,763by Ivan Maljukanović4 years ago
Easily access WordPress tutorial videos for 300+ most searched topics and 10.000+ most popular plugins.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day