Best homebrew plugins for WordPress
The most popular homebrew plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. BeerXML Shortcode leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Beer Directory (30+). All 3 plugins tagged “homebrew” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 homebrew plugins
- 1.
BeerXML ShortcodeThe most installed homebrew plugin, with 100+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 9 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Beer Directory30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 3 plugins tagged “homebrew”
BeerXML Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:76#16,547by Derek Springer1 year ago
Automatically insert and display beer recipes by linking to a BeerXML document.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.9(9)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Beer Directory
Up in the last 7 days:46#25,132by Rescue Themes7 years ago
Enables a beer post type and beer list shortcode.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day