Best install plugins for WordPress
The most popular install plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Force Reinstall leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Bulk Plugin Installation (300+) and Enable Drag and Drop on Adding Plugin Upload (40+). All 11 plugins tagged “install” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 install plugins
- 1.
Force ReinstallThe most installed install plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 16 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Bulk Plugin Installation300+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 10 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Enable Drag and Drop on Adding Plugin Upload40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Plugin Reinstaller30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 5.
WP Enterprise Launch Deploy10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 6.
Simple Tag Manager10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.0.
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Extension Manager10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6.3.
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See More Themes10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
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WP Plugin Installer10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.6.
All 11 plugins tagged “install”
Force Reinstall
Down in the last 7 days:26#4,834by Richard Muvirimi10 months ago
Easily force a Plugin or Theme reinstall from WordPress.org
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(16)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Bulk Plugin Installation
Down in the last 7 days:11#10,228by Bee Web Hosting2 months ago
Allows you to install one or more plugins simply by typing their names or download URLs in a textarea.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.6(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Enable Drag and Drop on Adding Plugin Upload
Up in the last 7 days:403#21,495by a 53 minute production1 month ago
Adds drag and drop multi-file plugin uploads to the Plugins list, installer, and upload result pages in wp-admin.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Plugin Reinstaller
Down in the last 7 days:649#24,411by Hiroaki Miyashita13 years ago
The Plugin Reinstaller plugin enables the bulk plugin reinstall.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Enterprise Launch Deploy
#34,016by Tor N. Johnson12 years ago
Automates the entire process for migrating your wordpress install from a test/development/source server to the live/destination server.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Tag Manager
Up in the last 7 days:4,112#37,114by Daniel Sedmak9 years ago
Easily and automatically add Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics in your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Extension Manager
Down in the last 7 days:7,669#43,649by Christian Schenk18 years ago
This plugin helps you to install, upgrade, delete and search for plugins and themes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
See More Themes
#46,717by Sean Davis6 years ago
See more themes when viewing installed themes or adding new ones.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Plugin Installer
#46,739by Pete Mall17 years ago
Allows the user to install the development version of a plugin for testing purposes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day