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Best manual plugins for WordPress

The most popular manual plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Video User Manuals leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Backend Payments for WooCommerce (800+) and Manual Completions TutorLMS (200+). All 20 plugins tagged “manual” 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 manual plugins

  1. 1.
    Video User Manuals

    The most installed manual plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.

  2. 2.
    Backend Payments for WooCommerce

    800+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 12 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Manual Completions TutorLMS

    200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  4. 4.
    Manual Completions for LearnDash

    200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.

  5. 5.
    RD Dashboard pdf

    200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.

  6. 6.
    Manual Completions for LearnPress

    60+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.

  7. 7.
    Manual Completions for LifterLMS

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  8. 8.
    NPC Manual Generator for Advanced Custom Fields

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.

  9. 9.
    Simple Share from Admin

    10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.

  10. 10.
    Manual Credit Card Processing for WooCommerce

    10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.

All 20 plugins tagged “manual”