Best live preview plugins for WordPress
The most popular live preview plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Inline Preview leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Category Excluder from Theme Customizer (60+) and Mini Live Preview URL (20+). All 11 plugins tagged “live preview” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 live preview plugins
- 1.
Inline PreviewThe most installed live preview plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 8 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 2.
Category Excluder from Theme Customizer60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 3.
Mini Live Preview URL20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.
Altonet Animated BG10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 5.
Kayzart10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 days ago.
- 6.
Customizer Refresh10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 7.
Webkoding ConfigMateFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
RSM FocusFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
Bunny Style EditorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 10.
Dashboard PlusFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 11 plugins tagged “live preview”
Inline Preview
Down in the last 7 days:33#10,889by Christopher Finke10 years ago
Inline Preview adds a preview of the post you're writing next to the editor when you click Preview (instead of opening it in a new tab).
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.9(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Category Excluder from Theme Customizer
Up in the last 7 days:187#19,939by Abhishek Sinha13 years ago
Administrator can easily exclude the posts from specific category/categories via WordPress live preview ( Theme Customizer )
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mini Live Preview URL
Up in the last 7 days:608#26,829by Sajjad Hossain Sagor5 months ago
Preview Any URL as Quick View Modal when hover over.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Altonet Animated BG
#28,986by Altonet4 months ago
Add powerful animated backgrounds to your WordPress site. A growing library of effects, deeply customizable, live preview, no code needed.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Kayzart
Up in the last 7 days:2,339#32,369by K's Art Office5 days ago
Build landing pages with AI inside WordPress — bring your own AI key. Real HTML/CSS you can edit live. No drag-and-drop, no builder lock-in.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 31/day
Customizer Refresh
Up in the last 7 days:7,381#40,050by kolakube8 years ago
Add a button that refreshes the live preview in the WordPress Customizer.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Webkoding ConfigMate
#58,087by WebKoding2 months ago
Let customers configure WooCommerce products with visual layered options, a live image preview and a server-validated live price.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RSM Focus
#60,845by rsmspark2 months ago
Focus mode for Gutenberg: 16:9 viewport, wireframe overlays, live preview mirror, scroll animations, and responsive visibility controls.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bunny Style Editor
Down in the last 7 days:5,393#61,074by bunnywp5 months ago
Edit custom CSS with live preview, a visual element inspector, responsive breakpoints, and site-wide or contextual scoping.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dashboard Plus
Up in the last 7 days:3,124#63,689by Muhammad Ijaz Anjum11 months ago
Everything you need to customize your WordPress Dashboard , Login Page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
My Easy Monogram
Down in the last 7 days:11,245#73,760by myeasymonogram2 months ago
Connects your WooCommerce store to My Easy Monogram for product personalization & live preview, shipping, production and product & order management.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day