Best javascript plugins for WordPress
The most popular javascript plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Shortcoder leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Speculative Loading (70K+) and Async JavaScript (60K+). All 310 plugins tagged “javascript” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 javascript plugins
- 1.Shortcoder
The most installed javascript plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 227 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.Speculative Loading
70K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 18 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Async JavaScript60K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 102 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 4.Scripts n Styles
30K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 30 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 5.jQuery Updater
20K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 64 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 6.Code Embed
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 45 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.Raw HTML
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 33 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 8.Web Worker Offloading
10K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
Custom CSS and JavaScript10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 60 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 10.Use Google Libraries
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 47 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 310 plugins tagged “javascript”
Shortcoder
Up in the last 7 days:2#431by vaakash1 month ago
Create custom "Shortcodes" easily for HTML, JavaScript, CSS code snippets and use the shortcodes within posts, pages & widgets
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(227)
- Downloads
- 479/day
Speculative Loading
Down in the last 7 days:1#615by WordPress Performance Team2 months ago
Enables browsers to speculatively prerender or prefetch pages to achieve near-instant loads based on user interaction.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 5.0(18)
- Downloads
- 541/day

Async JavaScript
#620by David Clough3 years ago
Async Javascript lets you add 'async' or 'defer' attribute to scripts to exclude to help increase the performance of your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.7(102)
- Downloads
- 99/day
Scripts n Styles
Up in the last 7 days:5#1,065by WraithKenny3 years ago
This plugin allows Admin users to individually add HTML, custom CSS, Classes and JavaScript directly to Post, Pages or any other custom post types.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.4(30)
- Downloads
- 50/day
jQuery Updater
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,338by Ramoonus3 months ago
This plugin updates jQuery to the latest stable version on your website.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.5(64)
- Downloads
- 100/day
Code Embed
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,492by David Artiss2 months ago
Code Embed provides a very easy and efficient way to embed code (JavaScript, CSS and HTML) in your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(45)
- Downloads
- 94/day
Raw HTML
#1,528by Janis Elsts2 years ago
Lets you use raw HTML or any other code in your posts. You can also disable smart quotes and other automatic formatting on a per-post basis.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(33)
- Downloads
- 47/day
Web Worker Offloading
Down in the last 7 days:6#1,636by WordPress Performance Team2 months ago
Offloads select JavaScript execution to a Web Worker to reduce work on the main thread and improve the Interaction to Next Paint (INP) metric.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 75/day

Custom CSS and JavaScript
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,977by WP Zone2 years ago
Easily add custom CSS and JavaScript code to your WordPress site, with draft previewing, revisions, and minification!
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(60)
- Downloads
- 35/day
Use Google Libraries
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,045by Jason Penney9 years ago
Allows your site to use common javascript libraries from Google's AJAX Libraries CDN, rather than from WordPress's own copies.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(47)
- Downloads
- 23/day

CSS & JavaScript Toolbox
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,134by wipeoutmedia2 months ago
Add CSS, JavaScript, PHP and HTML code snippets to your site.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(84)
- Downloads
- 69/day

WP Super Minify • Minify, Compress and Cache HTML, CSS & JavaScript
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,322by Dipak Gajjar2 months ago
A lightweight plugin that automatically minifies, compresses, and caches HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on demand to improve your website’s load speed.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.1(73)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Scripts To Footer
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,588by Joshua David Nelson6 days ago
Move your scripts to the footer to help speed up perceived page load times and improve user experience.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.7(37)
- Downloads
- 46/day
FancyBox
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,611by Kevin Sylvestre9 years ago
Enables fancybox on all image links including BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, and PNG links.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 2.8(9)
- Downloads
- 12/day

WPGatsby
Down in the last 7 days:18#4,042by lightstrike4 years ago
WPGatsby is a free open-source WordPress plugin that optimizes your WordPress site to work as a data source for Gatsby. This plugin must be used in c …
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 22/day
JS Archive List
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,081by Miguel Useche7 months ago
A JS widget (can be used in posts) for displaying an archive list with some effects.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(45)
- Downloads
- 28/day
Add Code To Head
Down in the last 7 days:4#4,227by salubrio6 months ago
Add custom JavaScript/HTML/CSS codes to the page head without editing the template.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day

ReactPress
Down in the last 7 days:4#4,429by rockiger16 days ago
Easily create, build and deploy React apps into your existing WordPress sites.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.4(18)
- Downloads
- 48/day

WebberZone Snippetz
Down in the last 7 days:5#5,043by Ajay5 days ago
The ultimate snippet manager for WordPress. Create and manage custom HTML, CSS, or JS code snippets and control where and when they are displayed.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(10)
- Downloads
- 40/day

CoolClock
Down in the last 7 days:8#5,146by Rolf Allard van Hagen1 month ago
Show an analog clock on your WordPress site sidebar or in post and page content.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 30/day
Shadowbox JS
Up in the last 7 days:2#5,194by Matt Martz9 years ago
Shadowbox is an online media vieiwing application similar to Lightbox and Thickbox but with more functionality. Supports all types of media.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
JS Categories List Widget
Up in the last 7 days:3#6,416by Miguel Useche7 months ago
A simple Gutenberg block and JS widget (can be called from posts) for displaying categories in a list with some effects.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Slideshow
Down in the last 7 days:16#6,423by Justin Tadlock9 years ago
A shortcode for displaying a slideshow of image attachments for a post.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Shutter Reloaded
Down in the last 7 days:33#6,747by Andrew Ozz4 days ago
This plugin is incompatible with newer versions of WordPress. Last supported version is 3.4. It darkens the current page and displays an image (like L …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Minify Fix
Down in the last 7 days:22#7,414by NodeCode9 years ago
[Fixed] This plugin uses the Minify engine to combine and compress JS and CSS files to improve page load time.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.0(40)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Autover
Up in the last 7 days:36#7,423by Presslabs2 months ago
Autover plugin will automatically version your CSS and JS files in the generated html page (e.g. style.css?ver=1359464809).
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Modernizr for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:9#7,448by Ramoonus7 years ago
This plugin adds the Modernizr to your WordPress installation.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 8/day

WP Deferred JavaScripts
Up in the last 7 days:2#7,496by Willy Bahuaud10 years ago
Defer the loading of all JavaScripts added with wp_enqueue_script(), using LABJS (an asynchronous javascript library).
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.2(35)
- Downloads
- 8/day

Custom CSS/JS
Down in the last 7 days:23#7,849by johnibom1 year ago
WP Custom CSS JS plugin allows you to add any HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery or Tracking Pixel easily on your wordpress site right from your dashboard.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Google Webfont Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:1#7,993by sigurdurg9 years ago
Makes your website faster by combining all Google Fonts in a single request. Your websites gets a higher PageSpeed score which is good for SEO.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 3.7(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Async JS and CSS
Down in the last 7 days:1#8,017by dmikam9 years ago
Converts render-blocking CSS and JS files into NON-render-blocking, improving performance of web page.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.2(51)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Smartslider
Up in the last 7 days:20#8,358by Ralf Hortt18 years ago
Slide your content in and out
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 10/day
Slimbox
Down in the last 7 days:10#8,378by Kevin Sylvestre10 years ago
Enables slimbox 2.03 on all image links including BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, and PNG links.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Slimbox Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:12#8,701by peppolone18 years ago
Plugin used to overlay images on the current page into neat Javascript-powered overlay popups.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

JavaScript to Footer
Down in the last 7 days:4#8,907by Vladimir Prelovac12 years ago
This plugin automatically moves JavaScript code to page footer, speeding up page loading time.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 2.9(16)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Referrer Input for Contact Form 7
Down in the last 7 days:49#9,365by damiarita9 years ago
Contact Form 7 Addon that creates a cache-resistant input that contains the URL of the page the user visited before the contact form page.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Custom JavaScript Editor
Down in the last 7 days:20#9,539by Automattic10 years ago
Add custom JavaScript to your site from an editor in the WordPress admin
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Disable CSS JS Cache
Up in the last 7 days:143#9,667by Umang Prajapati2 months ago
Prevent browser caching of CSS and JS files in WordPress and control static asset caching headers.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Insert JavaScript and CSS
Down in the last 7 days:38#9,738by Ryan14 years ago
Adds fields to the post and page edit pages that allow you to insert custom JavaScript or CSS for that post or page.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.1(10)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Hide Text Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:177#9,806by biscia710 years ago
Shortcode to hide text
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Live Custom CSS JS Code Editor
Up in the last 7 days:24#9,976by Ozan Canakli6 years ago
Live Custom CSS JS Code Editor allows you to easily add custom CSS, JavaScript, Header, Footer Code to your site, straight from your WordPress Customi …
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tapfiliate
Down in the last 7 days:126#9,989by Tapfiliate7 months ago
Create, track and grow your affiliate program. Tapfiliate helps businesses and influencers grow together, through affiliate marketing.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Smart JavaScript Auto Loader
Down in the last 7 days:22#10,026by Peter Raschendorfer2 years ago
Load JavaScript files without coding
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Specific CSS/JS for Posts and Pages
Up in the last 7 days:9#10,181by techtastico16 years ago
With Specific CSS/JS for Posts and Pages you can add CSS or JavaScript files to a specific page or post.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Page Specific Scripts
Up in the last 7 days:11#10,214by Afnan Abbasi6 years ago
Simple and easy to use wordpress plugin to add jQuery/JS Scripts only to specific pages.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Advanced Speed Increaser
Down in the last 7 days:31#10,978by Animesh Kumar6 years ago
Advanced Speed Increaser is a light weighted plugin to speed up wordpress website by using GZIP compression and setting header expiration for images.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.8(10)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Easy p5.js Block
Up in the last 7 days:10#11,459by Florian Rieder10 days ago
Adds a Gutenberg block to easily add custom p5.js code in your pages and preview it as you edit.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

TruConversion Connect
Down in the last 7 days:148#11,664by TruConversion a Digital Marketer development company1 year ago
Enables truconversion tracking code on all pages.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Shutter Reloaded Plus
Down in the last 7 days:121#11,989by danaila_iulian13 years ago
Darkens the current page and displays an image (like Lightbox, Thickbox, etc.), but is a lot smaller (8KB) and faster.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
JinMenu
Up in the last 7 days:30#12,018by Rohit Kumar6 years ago
The Jin Menu adds onclick event in wordpress custom link menu item, so that you can use your javascript/jQuery codes from wordpress menu.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.0(27)
- Downloads
- 5/day