Best historical plugins for WordPress
The most popular historical plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. DH Press leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of WP Historical Weather (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “historical” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 historical plugins
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DH PressThe most installed historical plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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WP Historical Weather10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 2 plugins tagged “historical”
DH Press
Up in the last 7 days:1,189#38,916by msnewton10 years ago
DHPress is a flexible, repurposable, fully extensible digital public humanities toolkit designed for non-technical users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
WP Historical Weather
Up in the last 7 days:3,370#38,950by iBuilder12 years ago
Historical Weather plugin for wordpress using Wunderground API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day