Best highlights plugins for WordPress
The most popular highlights plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. FundaMine Annotation Tool leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Zenith Slider (10+) and M7tawa Content Highlights (fewer than 10). All 6 plugins tagged “highlights” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 highlights plugins
- 1.FundaMine Annotation Tool
The most installed highlights plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 2.
Zenith Slider10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 3.
M7tawa Content HighlightsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
LINER In-SiteFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 5.
Need to Know BoxFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
KontxtFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 6 plugins tagged “highlights”
FundaMine Annotation Tool
#37,765by tarkeshwarsingh11 years ago
FundaMine enables Medium.com style inline comments, highlights and tweetshots on blogs and media websites. All this with a one click install!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Zenith Slider
Down in the last 7 days:6,074#47,861by Aleksej10 years ago
Responsive Content Slider.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

M7tawa Content Highlights
#49,854by Ayman Abdullah17 days ago
Create editor-curated reader highlights with independent key-point text and optional links to selected H2 or H3 sections.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

LINER In-Site
Up in the last 7 days:8,864#62,008by liner9 years ago
LINER helps you highlight sentences on the web. Highlight your favorite texts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Need to Know Box
Down in the last 7 days:5,752#69,201by Abel Babalola9 months ago
The standard for TL;DR summaries in WordPress. Perfect for news highlights and quick facts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Kontxt
Up in the last 7 days:2,229#71,107by kontxt6 years ago
Kontxt is the web's leading interactive platform. Use Kontxt to increase engagement, boost traffic, keep readers, and build your audience.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day