Best indexing API plugins for WordPress
The most popular indexing API plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Instant Indexing for Google leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Fast Index for Google Indexing API (300+) and Ghost Update (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “indexing api” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 indexing API plugins
- 1.
Instant Indexing for GoogleThe most installed indexing API plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 36 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 2.
Fast Index for Google Indexing API300+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Ghost UpdateFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 3 plugins tagged “indexing api”
Instant Indexing for Google
Down in the last 7 days:3#278by Rank Math SEO11 months ago
A very efficient yet simple plugin to take care of your indexing woos and helps get your content crawled by search bots instantly.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 3.6(36)
- Downloads
- 349/day
Fast Index for Google Indexing API
Down in the last 7 days:42#10,871by Samet AKIN8 days ago
Notify the Google Indexing API when you publish, update or delete posts. Google officially supports the API for job and livestream pages.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.3(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Ghost Update
Up in the last 7 days:7,298#50,673by CaphLabs9 months ago
Auto-refresh post/page, encourage recrawls by refreshing timestamps and optionally notifying Google. Boost SEO visibility without changing your conten …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day