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Best jquery plugins for WordPress

The most popular jquery plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Animate It! leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of jQuery Updater (20K+) and Use Google Libraries (10K+). All 295 plugins tagged “jquery” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 jquery plugins

  1. 1.
    Animate It!

    The most installed jquery plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 127 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  2. 2.
    jQuery Updater

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 64 reviews, updated 3 months ago.

  3. 3.
    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.

  4. 4.
    Scroll Back To Top

    9K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 56 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.

  5. 5.
    jQuery Manager for WordPress

    7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 113 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.

  6. 6.
    Version Control for jQuery

    5K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  7. 7.
    jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries

    4K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.

  8. 8.
    Responsive Image Maps

    3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 64 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.

  9. 9.
    Remove jQuery Migrate

    3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.

  10. 10.
    WP-Slimbox2 Plugin

    3K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago.

All 295 plugins tagged “jquery”