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Best monthly plugins for WordPress

The most popular monthly plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Date Pagination leads with 70+ active installs, ahead of Archivist (20+) and Gravity Forms Periodic Notification E-Mails (20+). All 10 plugins tagged “monthly” 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 6 monthly plugins

  1. 1.
    Date Pagination

    The most installed monthly plugin, with 70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.

  2. 2.
    Archivist

    20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.

  3. 3.
    Gravity Forms Periodic Notification E-Mails

    20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.

  4. 4.
    Spice Archive Page

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

  5. 5.
    Category Monthly Archives

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.

  6. 6.
    Monthly Data Sheets

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.

All 10 plugins tagged “monthly”