Best most-viewed plugins for WordPress
The most popular most-viewed plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Most Popular leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Popular Posts (800+) and Popular Widget (600+). All 7 plugins tagged “most-viewed” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 most-viewed plugins
- 1.WP Most Popular
The most installed most-viewed plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 11 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 2.Popular Posts
800+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6.2.
- 3.
Popular Widget600+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 14 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.0.
- 4.
TopPosts for Google Analytics10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 days ago.
- 5.cool Popular Post
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 6.WebMFT
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 7.
Inaikas Posts WidgetFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 15 hours ago.
All 7 plugins tagged “most-viewed”
WP Most Popular
Down in the last 7 days:12#5,106by MattGeri8 years ago
WP Most Popular is a simple plugin which tracks your most popular blog posts based on views and lets you display them in your theme or blog sidebar.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(11)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Popular Posts
Down in the last 7 days:4#7,462by RobMarsh9 years ago
Popular Posts displays a list of your blog's most-viewed posts. The output can be customised in many ways.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Popular Widget
Up in the last 7 days:1#8,120by Hax9 years ago
Display the most commented or most viewed posts in a tabbed widget, filter the post by date range or by category. It also includes a tags tab.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.5(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day

TopPosts for Google Analytics
Up in the last 7 days:4,094#34,788by itxiplugins4 days ago
TopPosts for Google Analytics relies on your site's analytics to identify and showcase your website's most visited posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
cool Popular Post
#41,623by culplarry11 years ago
A very easy to use WordPress function to add popular posts to any WordPress theme.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WebMFT
Down in the last 7 days:4,456#42,650by maximusft10 years ago
New release 1.8! Add GoTo (hide external Links)!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Inaikas Posts Widget
#56,003by Mohammed Abdellaouitoday
A widget and a shortcode that show the latest posts or the best posts (most viewed or most commented).
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- –