Best homepage plugins for WordPress
The most popular homepage plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Redirect 404 to Homepage leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of Desert Companion (10K+) and Arile Extra (10K+). All 48 plugins tagged “homepage” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 homepage plugins
- 1.
Redirect 404 to HomepageThe most installed homepage plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 24 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Desert Companion10K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.Arile Extra
10K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.Homepage Control
9K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 18 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 5.
A WP Life Companion6K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
Specia Companion4K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 days ago.
- 7.Arile Super
3K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
Theme Blvd Layout Builder2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 9.WPFrank Companion
1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 10.
SX No Homepage Pagination1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 48 plugins tagged “homepage”

Redirect 404 to Homepage
Down in the last 7 days:2#637by pipdig1 month ago
Redirect 404 missing pages to the homepage using SEO 301 redirection. Super lightweight!
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.6(24)
- Downloads
- 382/day

Desert Companion
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,438by Desert Themes1 month ago
Desert Companion Enhances Desert Themes with additional functionality.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 148/day
Arile Extra
#1,695by Theme Arile12 days ago
Arile Extra is a companion plugin for ArileWP WordPress theme by ThemeArile.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 122/day
Homepage Control
#2,270by WooThemes6 years ago
Re-order or disable the homepage components in certain themes.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.1(18)
- Downloads
- 22/day

A WP Life Companion
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,878by A WP Life1 month ago
A WP Life Companion is a useful plugin for awpbusinesspress WordPress theme by awordpresslife.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 66/day

Specia Companion
Down in the last 7 days:10#3,367by Specia Theme4 days ago
Specia Companion is created for Specia Theme
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 89/day
Arile Super
Down in the last 7 days:12#3,916by Theme Arile7 months ago
Arile Super is a companion plugin for Aasta WordPress theme by ThemeArile.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 33/day

Theme Blvd Layout Builder
Up in the last 7 days:3#5,010by Jason7 years ago
When using a Theme Blvd theme, this plugin gives you slick interface to build custom layouts.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 17/day
WPFrank Companion
Up in the last 7 days:3#5,649by FARAZFRANK4 months ago
WPFrank Companion is a companion plugin for WP Frank themes.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 21/day

SX No Homepage Pagination
Up in the last 7 days:86#5,703by Daniel Roch1 year ago
The plugin removes properly any homepage pagination (whatever plugin or function you are using).
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 20/day

Vf Expansion
Down in the last 7 days:41#6,870by vfthemes2 years ago
This is a plugin created for Vf themes. This plugin provides additional frontpage sections for Vf Themes.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Custom Front Page
Down in the last 7 days:3#7,177by Micah Wood5 years ago
Easily set any page or post, including custom post types, as the homepage for your site.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 6/day
WP-UTF8-Excerpt
Down in the last 7 days:2#7,822by BettyJJ5 years ago
This plugin generates a better excerpt for multi-byte language users (Chinese, for example). Besides, it keeps the html tags in the excerpt.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Bunny Companion
Down in the last 7 days:63#11,066by bunnythemes1 year ago
This is a plugin created for Bunny themes. This plugin provides additional frontpage sections for Bunny Themes.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Edit Homepage
Up in the last 7 days:47#13,226by Tommy Ferry2 years ago
A simple WordPress plugin that adds a homepage edit link to the admin sidebar.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP Login Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:8#14,787by Jatinder Pal Singh11 years ago
Allows to decide buddypress website admins where their users should land after log in.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.6(13)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Featured Posts
#16,813by impnerd17 years ago
Display a featured post on your index.php or category pages.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Conversions Extensions
Up in the last 7 days:40#17,615by js24844 months ago
Adds homepage sections, social icons, and other features to Conversions theme for WordPress.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP
Up in the last 7 days:50#18,458by Hervé Yvis6 years ago
This lightweight plugin allow you to redirect all users to your site's homepage after the login step.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Redirect Homepage After Logout
#19,530by Touhidul Sadeek2 years ago
This plugin will enable to redirect user homepage after login.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Black Studio Homepage Builder for Genesis
Down in the last 7 days:45#19,725by Black Studio4 years ago
Customize the home page of Genesis framework child themes using Page Builder by SiteOrigin.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

CeeWP Redirect 404 to Home
Down in the last 7 days:354#20,781by CeeWP1 year ago
Automatically redirects 404 (not found) pages to your homepage with a 301 permanent redirect.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Recent Posts From Each Category
Up in the last 7 days:12#21,570by Mindstien Technologies12 years ago
Display Recent Posts From Each/Selected Category. Category Box View Plugin.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
startpage
Down in the last 7 days:49#23,337by Alex Kirk7 years ago
Create your own browser startpage within your WordPress.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Redirect Homepage after Login
#24,584by Touhidul Sadeek2 years ago
This plugin will enable to redirect user homepage after login.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Homepage Pop-up
Down in the last 7 days:75#26,314by omsuhani5 years ago
Plugin for adding a simple jquery home page pop-up . Add a title and an important information on your home page without getting blocked any by AdBlock …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Postlist Shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:35#28,937by Pat Hawks12 years ago
Adds shortcode [postlist] for embedding a list of posts into a page
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Feature On Homepage
Down in the last 7 days:317#29,589by Matt Royal12 years ago
Easily feature pages or posts on your homepage using a shortcode and the new HomePage Features metabox.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP Profile as Homepage Fork
Up in the last 7 days:143#31,288by mort3n13 years ago
This plugin lets you have a normal site Homepage for visitors while logged-in users have their BP Profile as Homepage. This is similar to Facebook.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Logout to Homepage
Up in the last 7 days:1,407#31,581by Jay Holtslander7 years ago
Directs user to the homepage after succesfully logging out of Wordpress rather than to the login screen.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Redirect to Home
Up in the last 7 days:6,731#37,207by Benjamin Intal7 years ago
Perfect for one-page websites. 301 Redirects everything (404s, search, pages, posts, etc.) to your home / frontpage.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Homie
#38,062by ryanve13 years ago
Include or exclude homepage categories.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Redirect 404 to Homepage (with Logging)
#40,159by Project 4041 year ago
Redirects 404 errors to the homepage and logs the details for review.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Only Admin Access
Down in the last 7 days:4,486#46,035by Startnet6 years ago
A very simple plugin that redirects all non-admin visitors to the homepage or a page your choice, whilst still allowing admin access to edit/view the …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Homepage Drag and Sort
#46,852by flentini13 years ago
choose which posts you want to show in homepage, drag and sort them.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Front Page Reload Counter
Up in the last 7 days:12,138#53,658by samiur66882 months ago
Tracks homepage visits (reloads) by non-logged-in users and displays the total count, last visit time, and detailed logs in the WordPress admin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

YWDJDH Homepage Toolkit for OneNav
Up in the last 7 days:17,731#55,470by luckydog0072 months ago
Add configurable homepage dropdown menus and an optional desktop dock to the OneNav theme.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sort Posts by Latest Update
#62,563by Saroj Meher1 year ago
Short Description: A simple plugin to sort posts on the homepage by their latest update date.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Animiertes Frontend
Down in the last 7 days:9,108#63,076by David Siemers2 months ago
Fügt animierte Effekte wie Schneeflocken, Herbstblätter oder Regentropfen zur Website hinzu.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Oneto Companion
Up in the last 7 days:3,096#65,905by Nayra Themes1 year ago
Enhance Oneto WordPress Themes Functionality.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Newgital Welcome Message
Down in the last 7 days:13,186#66,230by amitsriwastav2 months ago
Displays a centered welcome message on the site's homepage only once during the current browser session.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Kybern Breaking News
#68,979by KybernAI2 months ago
Manage homepage news slides with a lightweight hero slider shortcode and REST API. By KybernAI.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

AuditWave SEO
Down in the last 7 days:2,459#71,555by Shah Md Shyhan6 months ago
Audit your homepage and all posts/pages from a single dashboard. Get instant SEO scores, homepage audit reports, and downloadable PDFs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Category Exclusions
Down in the last 7 days:2,339#71,871by Ostap Brehin2 years ago
Manage category exclusions for your WordPress site's front page, feeds, and archives.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ct4gg
Down in the last 7 days:9,173#71,931by Franck VANHOUCKE21 days ago
Wordpress customiser tools for beginer and confirmed users.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day

Fixora 404 Redirect Homepage
#71,948by Fixora Labs26 days ago
Send visitors who land on a missing page to your homepage or another page you choose, with 301/302, an optional log, and a built-in test.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nephilainc Companion
#72,589by NephilaINC (Sunil and Jay)5 days ago
Manage editable homepage content for the Nephilainc WordPress theme, including projects, services, testimonials, and calls to action.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 72/day
QuickPick
#72,698by Alexei Samarschi2 months ago
QuickPick is a tiny WordPress plugin that will help you save time on finding recently edited posts or pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day