Best journal plugins for WordPress
The most popular journal plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. DOAJ Export leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of DOI Creator (20+) and Dadevarzan WordPress Journal (20+). All 13 plugins tagged “journal” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 journal plugins
- 1.
DOAJ ExportThe most installed journal plugin, with 40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6.
- 2.
DOI Creator20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Dadevarzan WordPress Journal20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.0.
- 4.
Wisdom Journal Manager10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 5.
Foma's news10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 6.
Issue Manager10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.
- 7.
DOI Identifier10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 8.
Travel Steps StorytellerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 days ago.
- 9.
Lovely NotesFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 10.
Tlloancy Source StampFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 13 plugins tagged “journal”
DOAJ Export
Down in the last 7 days:157#22,908by Jonathan Brinley18 years ago
Adds a feed for exporting your data using the DOAJ article XML schema.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DOI Creator
Up in the last 7 days:4,454#25,555by ghego111 days ago
Register DOIs on DataCite or Crossref for posts, pages and custom content, with rich metadata: ORCID, journal, issue, abstract, license.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Dadevarzan WordPress Journal
Down in the last 7 days:22#25,977by Dadevarzan4 years ago
Dadevarzan Journal Post Type
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wisdom Journal Manager
Up in the last 7 days:986#30,770by Zachary Adam3 months ago
World-class modular academic publishing for WordPress — peer review, submissions, DOI, JATS, citations, REST API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Foma's news
#31,833by ortox11 years ago
This plugin has widget and shortcode with news from Foma.ru, Russian-language only.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Issue Manager
Up in the last 7 days:1,169#41,481by Jonathan Brinley17 years ago
Allows an editor to publish an "issue", which is to say, all pending posts with a given category, all at once. Until a category is published …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DOI Identifier
Down in the last 7 days:5,043#42,705by Haseeb Ahmad Ayazi9 years ago
Add DOI Indentifer Widget in your website used to find Research Article.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Travel Steps Storyteller
#57,984by Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)6 days ago
A travel journal with photos from Immich or uploaded to the trip, an optional route from Dawarich, and a post for each day's story.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 66/day
Lovely Notes
#59,405by Lucy21 days ago
Publish short thoughts, images and videos in a personal microblog, with a note reader, monthly archives and links to individual notes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tlloancy Source Stamp
Down in the last 7 days:6,454#64,156by Thomas Lloancy24 days ago
Records WordPress 7.0 AI Client generations in a local journal and stamps the matching post. Technical tool, not legal advice.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
LiftPress
Up in the last 7 days:4,938#65,976by Michael Ferrari8 days ago
A fitness journal and vlog for WordPress. Log workouts, meals, cardio and stretching, track progress, and earn achievements.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 31/day