Best light plugins for WordPress
The most popular light plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Essential Form leads with 600+ active installs, ahead of Easy Anti Spam Bot (70+) and Light Particles (60+). All 13 plugins tagged “light” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 light plugins
- 1.
Essential FormThe most installed light plugin, with 600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 20 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 2.
Easy Anti Spam Bot70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 3.
Light Particles60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Scooter Contact20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
SVisciano20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
WUI LightBox10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 7.
Warp Cache10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6..
- 8.
Light & Dark Mode SwitcherFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
gaplugin-darkmodeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 10.
Light WishlistFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 13 plugins tagged “light”
Essential Form
Down in the last 7 days:5#8,529by Jose Mortellaro2 days ago
The lightest contact form for WordPress. It's so essential you'll either love it or hate it. Ultra lightweight and no spam.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(20)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Easy Anti Spam Bot
Down in the last 7 days:79#18,379by Caio Peres4 years ago
Hide email from Spam Bots using a shortcode [email]your@email.com[/email]
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Light Particles
Down in the last 7 days:383#19,473by manu2252 months ago
Display beautiful particles on your website :)
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scooter Contact
Down in the last 7 days:220#25,377by Kapsule Corp2 months ago
Plugin ULTRA Léger permettant d'afficher un formulaire de contact simple et sécurisé via un shortcode.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SVisciano
Down in the last 7 days:55#27,612by Simone Visciano2 months ago
Create a secondary color variant of your site and let users switch between the default theme and a custom light or dark override.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WUI LightBox
Up in the last 7 days:11,581#36,106by iyass.si10 years ago
Simple include plugin for ui-kit lightbox . you can activate it for all images in your website automatically and it gives you little control of using …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Warp Cache
#46,747by Weblink10 years ago
Simple, light and powerful cache plugin. No customisation required. Integrated GooglePage Speed Insights for monitoring how well website is optimized.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Light & Dark Mode Switcher
Up in the last 7 days:13,485#51,100by Senthilprabu Ponnusamy1 year ago
Light & Dark Mode Switcher is a user-friendly WordPress plugin that lets visitors easily toggle between light and dark themes on your website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
gaplugin-darkmode
#67,388by GAUTIER Antoine5 years ago
Use a shortcode to create a light/dark mode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Light Wishlist
Down in the last 7 days:14,505#70,253by codebyza4 months ago
Lightweight and customizable wishlist for WooCommerce. Add wishlist functionality with support for AJAX, Elementor, Oxygen, and more.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day