Best libraries plugins for WordPress
The most popular libraries plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Tainacan URL Metadata Type leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of ThemeRegion Companion (20+) and BNC BiblioShare (10+). All 8 plugins tagged “libraries” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 libraries plugins
- 1.
Tainacan URL Metadata TypeThe most installed libraries plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 2.
ThemeRegion Companion20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 3.
BNC BiblioShare10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 4.
Scriblio10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
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Bestseller Lists from the New York Times10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
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Kotti LibsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “libraries”
Tainacan URL Metadata Type
Down in the last 7 days:27#13,839by tainacan2 years ago
This plugin is not required anymore if you are using Tainacan 0.21.0, as the URL metadata type has become an official metadata type inside the plugin.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
ThemeRegion Companion
Down in the last 7 days:138#27,082by themeregion7 years ago
This plugin comes with all the core libraries of themeregion themes.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BNC BiblioShare
#29,599by John Miedema7 years ago
Displays a book's cover image, title, author, and other book data from BiblioShare
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Scriblio
#38,285by Casey Bisson12 years ago
Scriblio enables faceted searching and browsing of WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bestseller Lists from the New York Times
#46,382by jakeparis5 months ago
Integrate bestseller lists from the New York Times into your own site with a user-friendly interface.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Kotti Libs
#72,618by kprabhupaul1 month ago
Manage and enqueue CSS and JavaScript libraries on the WordPress frontend and backend.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day