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Best history plugins for WordPress

The most popular history plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Activity Log leads with 300K+ active installs, ahead of Simple History (300K+) and Timeline Widget For Elementor (Elementor Timeline, Vertical & Horizontal Timeline) (70K+). All 77 plugins tagged “history” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 history plugins

  1. 1.
    WP Activity Log

    The most installed history plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 490 reviews, updated 3 days ago.

  2. 2.
    Simple History

    300K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 492 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  3. 3.
    Timeline Widget For Elementor (Elementor Timeline, Vertical & Horizontal Timeline)

    70K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 248 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  4. 4.
    Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline)

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 333 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  5. 5.
    User Login History

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 29 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  6. 6.
    Bold Timeline Lite

    10K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.

  7. 7.
    Timeline Block For Gutenberg

    9K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 11 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  8. 8.
    WC Price History

    5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 27 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  9. 9.
    Timeline Module for Divi

    3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 9 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  10. 10.
    Search Analytics for WP

    3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 30 reviews, updated 1 day ago.

All 77 plugins tagged “history”