Best helpful plugins for WordPress
The most popular helpful plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Was This Helpful? leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Was This Helpful? (20+) and Help Metric Article Helpful Feedback (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “helpful” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 helpful plugins
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Was This Helpful?The most installed helpful plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 14 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Was This Helpful?20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 3 months ago.
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Help Metric Article Helpful Feedback10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “helpful”

Was This Helpful?
Down in the last 7 days:9#6,338by YellowPencil2 months ago
Simple article feedback plugin. find out if the information you provided is helpful to visitors and improve the user experience.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(14)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Was This Helpful?
Down in the last 7 days:113#25,462by robertoiacono3 months ago
Was this helpful? plugin for WordPress adds a thumbs up/down box to collect quick article feedback on posts and pages.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Help Metric Article Helpful Feedback
Up in the last 7 days:812#29,098by Jose Varghese2 months ago
Add a "Was this page helpful?" feedback widget to WordPress. Includes beautiful icon styles, analytics, email alerts, and GDPR tools.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day