Best in plugins for WordPress
The most popular in plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Checklist in Post leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of Better Bandsintown (200+) and Logged in (10+). All 7 plugins tagged “in” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 in plugins
- 1.
Checklist in PostThe most installed in plugin, with 400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 2.Better Bandsintown
200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 3.Logged in
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.Professional Opt-in
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 5.LinkedIn Profile Synchronizer Tool
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 6.YouTube Direct
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 7.
Built-in Widgets Query extend (Custom Post Types & more)Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 7 plugins tagged “in”

Checklist in Post
Down in the last 7 days:32#9,640by Intar IT8 years ago
Allow creating checklists in posts based on bulleted list.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Better Bandsintown
Up in the last 7 days:15#12,781by mrpaplu11 years ago
Embed Tour Dates from Bandsintown.com without having to deal with CSS (or an ugly widget).
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Logged in
#34,412by Simon Fransson13 years ago
Allows you to close your site to non-logged in users, by redirecting them to the login page, displaying a message or a specific template file.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Professional Opt-in
#35,603by KenMorico13 years ago
Drive users to your opt-in landing page without driving them crazy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LinkedIn Profile Synchronizer Tool
Up in the last 7 days:2,755#41,799by bastb13 years ago
This tool downloads your LinkedIn® profile and maintains a selectable page on your WordPress installation.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
YouTube Direct
#46,788by Kristian Matthews14 years ago
Allows admins using YouTube Direct (YTD) on Google's App Engine to be able to upload via the WordPress Admin area.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Built-in Widgets Query extend (Custom Post Types & more)
Up in the last 7 days:2,227#71,100by Puvox Software17 days ago
[ ✅ 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐔𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐵𝓎 𝒫𝓊𝓋𝑜𝓍 ] Plugin extends built-in widgets, so you could add your arguments and query.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day