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Best most popular plugins for WordPress

The most popular most popular plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Most Popular Posts leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of TopPosts for Google Analytics (10+) and Simple Popular Posts (10+). All 6 plugins tagged “most popular” 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 most popular plugins

  1. 1.
    Most Popular Posts

    The most installed most popular plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.

  2. 2.
    TopPosts for Google Analytics

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 days ago.

  3. 3.
    Simple Popular Posts

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.

  4. 4.
    Disqus Popular Threads Widget

    10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.

  5. 5.
    KR Popular Posts

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.

  6. 6.
    Prizma

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.

All 6 plugins tagged “most popular”