Best microblogging plugins for WordPress
The most popular microblogging plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Microposts leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of TootPress (20+) and Twittrup (10+). All 10 plugins tagged “microblogging” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 microblogging plugins
- 1.Microposts
The most installed microblogging plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
TootPress20+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.Twittrup
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.1.
- 4.
Mathilda10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 5.RSS Stream
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.3.3.
- 6.Plurk for WordPress
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.
- 7.Simple microblogging
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
All 10 plugins tagged “microblogging”
Microposts
Up in the last 7 days:242#16,620by nativebreed26 days ago
Create a Twitter-style (X-style) microblog on your WordPress site with hashtags, AJAX feed, infinite scroll, and automatic title generation.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

TootPress
Down in the last 7 days:309#27,097by unmus1 year ago
TootPress copies your toots from Mastodon to WordPress.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Twittrup
Up in the last 7 days:5,927#36,941by marco_b17 years ago
Updates Twitter when you create a new blog post utilizing an shortener service of your choice.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Mathilda
Up in the last 7 days:2,282#37,564by unmus1 year ago
Mathilda copies your tweets from Twitter to WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
RSS Stream
Up in the last 7 days:6,074#40,415by Ricardo Gonzalez17 years ago
RSS Stream displays your social feeds in a lifestream way.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Plurk for WordPress
#45,429by Ricardo Gonzalez18 years ago
Plurk for WordPress displays yours latest plurks in your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple microblogging
Down in the last 7 days:14,243#47,682by Samuel Coskey4 years ago
Add a microblog to your site; display the microposts in a widget or using a shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day