Best missing plugins for WordPress
The most popular missing plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Missing Widgets for Elementor leads with 70+ active installs, ahead of PlaceHodor (40+) and Check Missing Featured Images (30+). All 9 plugins tagged “missing” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 missing plugins
- 1.
Missing Widgets for ElementorThe most installed missing plugin, with 70+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
PlaceHodor40+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
Check Missing Featured Images30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 4.
WP Media Metadata Fix30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 5.
NotFound.org 404 Page20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 6.
Custom Fields Missing When ACF is Active10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
WP Missing Functions Plugin10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 8.
Amber Alert Nederland10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
All 9 plugins tagged “missing”
Missing Widgets for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:60#18,775by jargovi9 months ago
Usefull widgets for Elementor that other widgetbuilders have missed.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 13/day
PlaceHodor
Up in the last 7 days:44#21,605by xuxu.fr22 days ago
Substitute/replace missing images by a default image. The plugin will (try to) display/generate the good size (width and height) of the missing image.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Check Missing Featured Images
Up in the last 7 days:51#24,071by termel6 years ago
Checks whether some posts are missing their featured images, tipically after a migration from another site.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
WP Media Metadata Fix
#24,785by Malik Naik6 years ago
Fixes the metadata of the images in the Media library.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NotFound.org 404 Page
Down in the last 7 days:61#27,441by Kenny5 years ago
This is a Wordpress plugin that turns your 404 "page not found" error into a page devoted to helping find missing children.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Fields Missing When ACF is Active
Down in the last 7 days:397#32,946by Francisco GP (crishnakh)2 months ago
Reverse missing Wordpress custom fields when ACF is activated.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Missing Functions Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:4,843#37,872by Mark elayan11 years ago
No need any more functions.php file editing. Just give a tick mark and this plugin will do the rest for you.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Amber Alert Nederland
Up in the last 7 days:5,396#39,297by cogmios12 years ago
Amber Alert Nederland - laat enkele keren per jaar een missend of ontvoerd kind popup zien
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day