Best inactive plugins for WordPress
The most popular inactive plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Delete Inactive Themes and Extensions leads with 50+ active installs, ahead of Come Back! (20+) and Tab Recall (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “inactive” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 inactive plugins
- 1.
Delete Inactive Themes and ExtensionsThe most installed inactive plugin, with 50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Come Back!20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 3.
Tab RecallFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 4 plugins tagged “inactive”

Delete Inactive Themes and Extensions
#20,409by Mahedi Hasan9 months ago
A plugin to delete selected inactive themes and plugins except the active ones.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Come Back!
#25,381by Sanjeev Aryal4 years ago
Send rearrangement emails to inactive customers. Bring them back.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Tab Recall
#70,412by wpcanbdusa1 year ago
Tab Recall is a WordPress plugin that notify user to memorize about the site if its inactive.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day