Best live plugins for WordPress
The most popular live plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. SearchWP Live Ajax Search leads with 40K+ active installs, ahead of Relevanssi Live Ajax Search (7K+) and Live News (2K+). All 66 plugins tagged “live” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 live plugins
- 1.
SearchWP Live Ajax SearchThe most installed live plugin, with 40K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 36 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
Relevanssi Live Ajax Search7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 3.
Live News2K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
WP YouTube Live1K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 10 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 5.
ProScores800+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
WebinarPress800+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 40 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
Live Simple Clock700+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 8.
BZScore500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, updated 4 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 9.
StreamWeasels Online Status Bar400+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 11 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 10.
Eonet Live Notifications300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
All 66 plugins tagged “live”
SearchWP Live Ajax Search
Down in the last 7 days:2#795by Syed Balkhi3 months ago
Template powered live search for any WordPress theme. Does not require SearchWP, but will utilize it if available.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.7(36)
- Downloads
- 280/day
Relevanssi Live Ajax Search
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,571by Christoph Vielgrader6 months ago
Template powered live search for any WordPress theme. Compatible with Relevanssi search!
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 110/day
Live News
Down in the last 7 days:42#4,448by DAEXT1 year ago
Generate a news ticker to communicate the latest updates, including financial news, weather warnings, election results, sports scores, and more.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 16/day
WP YouTube Live
Up in the last 7 days:1#5,429by macbookandrew10 months ago
Displays the current YouTube live video from a specified channel.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(10)
- Downloads
- 22/day
ProScores
Down in the last 7 days:33#7,409by proscores2 months ago
ProScores provides a fully customizable and responsive live scores page, free of ads and iframes. Developed by Livescores.pro
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WebinarPress
Down in the last 7 days:81#7,466by WPWebinarSystem1 month ago
Supercharge your website with our powerful webinar plugin! Host engaging live webinars and run automated evergreen webinars effortlessly.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.1(40)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Live Simple Clock
Down in the last 7 days:13#7,748by tkjarmel6 years ago
Live Simple Clock is a real time display plugin. It takes into account time zones and hours system formats 24h and 12h (PM, AM).
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
BZScore
Down in the last 7 days:65#8,852by firstsport5 months ago
This plugin is discontinued as of 01.06.2026. We recommend deleting it from your WordPress installation.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
StreamWeasels Online Status Bar
Down in the last 7 days:25#9,264by JayBee27 days ago
Display your Twitch, YouTube, or Kick live online status directly in a sticky bar at the top of your site.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.2(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Eonet Live Notifications
Up in the last 7 days:28#10,072by Alkaweb7 years ago
Enables live notifications for all your users to get better interactions within your BuddyPress site.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.5(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Live Scores for SportsPress
Down in the last 7 days:189#13,729by Igor Benic4 years ago
Add Live Scores feature to SportsPress. Give your visitors the ability to view the results without refreshing your page.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AZScore
Down in the last 7 days:146#14,518by azscore5 months ago
This plugin is discontinued as of 01.06.2026. We recommend deleting it from your WordPress installation.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
GUI
Up in the last 7 days:20#15,549by JasmanXcrew9 years ago
This plugin for edit your posts on the front-end of your site without going to wp-admin edit page, this work using tinymce inline technology.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Live Blogging
Down in the last 7 days:133#15,676by chrisnorthwood14 years ago
Live Blogging is a plugin that allows you to insert micro/live blogs into posts with automatic updating of the content.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Live updates from Excel
Down in the last 7 days:8#15,684by ipushpull2 years ago
Display live updating data from your desktop Microsoft Excel spreadsheets in your WordPress blog. No file saving or importing required.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hit Sniffer Live Blog Analytics
Up in the last 7 days:54#16,073by sanarena8 years ago
Hit Sniffer was a powerful real time website visitor activity tracker.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.3(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Display Live Visitors & Counter
Up in the last 7 days:31#17,533by Rajdip Sinha Roy6 years ago
Show How Many Users Are Online On Your Wordpress Site.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Live Stream Church
Down in the last 7 days:30#18,735by Gabriel Carrivale6 years ago
This plugin automatically embeds live stream video and chat from YouTube into your website. Donations, beautiful design and easy configuration.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Css Live Reload
Down in the last 7 days:110#19,829by Moshe Harush7 years ago
Reload all CSS Files resources on your page by just one click (if surfing via mobile Phone - shake it) without refreshing the page.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Live Blogging Plus
Down in the last 7 days:18#20,251by Vidyut8 years ago
Live Blogging is a plugin that allows you to insert micro/live blogs into posts with automatic updating of the content.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Video Enhanced
Down in the last 7 days:295#23,361by Plugins360 Labs8 years ago
Extending Native WordPress Player with New Features. Logo & Branding, GDPR Consent, HLS, M(PEG)-DASH, Live Streaming, Configure Initial Volume and …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Content character count live
Down in the last 7 days:207#24,101by 204611 years ago
Counts charaters live while you write your content. Works for any kind of "post type" out of the box.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Filters
#24,149by gobanana15 years ago
A live post filtering plugin. Choose which categories to show in the filter and watch the post show/hide without reloading.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Luftdaten Live Widget
Up in the last 7 days:93#24,412by slowhandasg3 years ago
Luftdaten Live Widget is a Wordpress Widget which helps to show live data from a sensor node registered at sensor.community.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Eonet Frontend Publisher
Down in the last 7 days:190#25,170by Alkaweb8 years ago
Create and Edit any WordPress post type, easily with Eonet. Manage permissions as well.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Quick Search
Up in the last 7 days:124#26,382by toriphes17 years ago
Quick Search add AJAX Search to your site
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lightweight Live Ajax Search
#26,807by Sandesh6 years ago
Live Ajax based search functionality. Lightweight and provides a shortcode to display live search input box anywhere.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Live Editor
Up in the last 7 days:597#27,090by lolitaframework9 years ago
Plugin for adding live editting functionality to the wordpress site.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DevStage
#31,380by mapsiter4 years ago
Simplest admin bar indicator created by Weblings, to easily recognise whether you are in Development, Staging or Live environment.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Live Theme Preview
Down in the last 7 days:311#32,257by Mike Martel13 years ago
Live Theme Preview allows users to preview themes on their own website before customizing or activating them.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hitbox.TV Widget
Up in the last 7 days:6,602#36,474by MadMakz11 years ago
Wordpress widget to show the status of one or multiple Hitbox.tv streams.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AlixcaN Canlı Yayın Eklentisi
#37,279by alixcan15 years ago
WordPress Sitenizde Facebooktaki “Ne Düşünüyorsunuz” Bölümü İle Twitter Karışımı Bir Sistemdir.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
The Ultimate Live Tracker
#39,077by techniblogic8 years ago
Best live traffic feed plugin.It is the Combo of : Live Tracking Feed+ Recent Visitors Online + Page Views Counter
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hangouts ~CosmoQuest
Down in the last 7 days:1,570#39,152by Ansr11 years ago
A simple plugin that let's you embed a live Google Hangout on Air in a page or widget and announce the next show.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Live Cricket Scores Widget
#42,020by M Tanveer Nandla12 years ago
Show the Live Cricket Score of all international cricket matches and display in your widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pet Webcam Widget
Up in the last 7 days:2,143#43,856by NerdKey10 years ago
Inspired by the Coop Cam project, this plugin will display a live webcam stream widget on your WordPress sidebar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bait Stream for Twitch TV
Down in the last 7 days:369#43,900by PC Gamer Girl11 years ago
Alert visitors to your live Twitch stream with an unobtrusive popup alert. Please note - this plugin will ONLY display an alert when your Twitch.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Live Group Chat
#43,921by atulv559 years ago
Showing chat window using shortcode and widget, this chat use ajax very fast response and easy to configure.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Count Post Signs
Down in the last 7 days:2,805#45,395by Florian TIAR10 years ago
Counts signs (characters and spaces) in real time while you are writing your content. Works for any kind of "post type" out of the box.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Live Broadcast
Down in the last 7 days:1,870#45,739by Valerio Souza12 years ago
Easy streaming live for WordPress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Live Edit
Down in the last 7 days:4,016#45,745by Ole-Kenneth14 years ago
WP Live Edit is Wordpress plugin that enable the user to update the content, live, on the blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Eloquent
#46,253by Avram2 months ago
Eloquent is an awesome front-end editor for your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Weather-Grabber
Down in the last 7 days:3,611#46,346by chrisale28 years ago
A plugin to connect your Wview-enabled weather station to your Wordpress site with Widgets!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
last.fm Live!
Down in the last 7 days:4,489#46,716by Ryan12 years ago
Widget to display your recently played tracks from last.fm LIVE! shows any song you play(& scrobble) on your site in realtime.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
LiveStream.com Thumbnail
Down in the last 7 days:8,531#47,074by fatalmuffin15 years ago
This plugin will allow you to display a thumbnail from any livestream.com account!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Aura Thumb Site
Down in the last 7 days:7,864#47,408by Auranet Informática6 years ago
Aura Thumb Site cria uma visualização automática de suas urls incluídas em uma página ou post. Visualização de miniatura em tempo real de um site a pa …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cricket Scoreboard Widgets
#47,716by Vishal Barot15 years ago
Get the Current Cricket Score and display on your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BlogLive.Online live blogging
#58,741by robintas4 years ago
BlogLive.Online is a platform for live blogs which enables you to deliver your content real-time to end users. Engage your website visitors with real- …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SnowFlurry Live
Up in the last 7 days:6,280#62,947by The 215 Guys2 years ago
Add an animated snow effect to your website based on live weather conditions anywhere in the world.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Live Sales Popup Notification for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:9,172#63,263by yukyhendiawan1 year ago
This plugin displays real-time sales and order notifications on your WooCommerce store, enhancing user engagement and boosting conversions.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day