Best ie8 plugins for WordPress
The most popular ie8 plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WEN's IE CSS3 Support leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of WP Fossil (20+) and Internet Explorer 8 Accelerator (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “ie8” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 ie8 plugins
- 1.WEN's IE CSS3 Support
The most installed ie8 plugin, with 20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago.
- 2.WP Fossil
20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 3.Internet Explorer 8 Accelerator
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.
- 4.Compatiblizr
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
All 4 plugins tagged “ie8”
WEN's IE CSS3 Support
#25,384by Bhuwan Bdr. Rokaha12 years ago
gradient, CSS3, support, ie, radius, transitions, ie8, css3, oldversion of ie, effects, smooth, automatic, ie7+, border- gradient, box-shadow Requir …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 2/day
WP Fossil
Down in the last 7 days:347#26,097by Zach Schnackel12 years ago
Provides support for media queries and emulating CSS3 pseudo-classes and attribute selectors in Internet Explorer 6-8.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Internet Explorer 8 Accelerator
Up in the last 7 days:2,391#44,640by anantgarg17 years ago
The Internet Explorer 8 Accelerator plugin enables you to post an entry with selected text of any web-page to your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Compatiblizr
Down in the last 7 days:239#47,415by Designer02312 years ago
Plugin for patching old versions of IE (7 and 8)to work with CSS3 selectors and Media Queries.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day