Best mouse plugins for WordPress
The most popular mouse plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Mouse cursor customizer leads with 900+ active installs, ahead of Smooth Custom Cursor (400+) and WP Mouse Custom Cursor (200+). All 11 plugins tagged “mouse” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 mouse plugins
- 1.
Mouse cursor customizerThe most installed mouse plugin, with 900+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 2.
Smooth Custom Cursor400+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
WP Mouse Custom Cursor200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 4.
Animated Mouse Cursor Trail100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 5.
Cursor Style & Animation70+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
Hover Sound30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 7.
WP Keyboard Navigation10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 8.
Fish TailFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 9.
Custom Name Cursor BadgeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 10.
Mixer Dynamic CursorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 11 plugins tagged “mouse”
Mouse cursor customizer
Down in the last 7 days:29#7,039by AlexKole6 years ago
Change the boring mouse cursor to your cursor image, adjust the size of your image. Change the images for the whole page or for links and buttons.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 3.8(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Smooth Custom Cursor
Down in the last 7 days:38#9,977by hsarticle1 month ago
Adds a smooth, animated custom cursor — choose from 9 cursor styles, each fully customizable with a live preview — no coding needed.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Mouse Custom Cursor
Down in the last 7 days:20#12,808by Ninetyseven Infotech3 years ago
WP Mouse Cursors is a WordPress plugin to create custom cursors for your website. Use a Good looking Mouse cursor for WP. There are 5 diffrent types o …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Animated Mouse Cursor Trail
Down in the last 7 days:6#16,755by Dear5 months ago
Beautiful Animated Mouse Cursor Trail For Your Website
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Cursor Style & Animation
Down in the last 7 days:230#18,584by RoarDev2 months ago
Transform your website with beautiful cursor animations and custom cursor styles. Features 4 animation types, 10+ cursor styles, and mobile support.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Hover Sound
Down in the last 7 days:308#23,352by aueda14 years ago
You can introduce the behavior of playing sound by hovering mouse pointer over an HTML element and stopping the sound by moving the mouse pointer away …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Keyboard Navigation
#44,490by Tareq Hasan6 years ago
Navigate your WordPress site via keyboard.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fish Tail
Up in the last 7 days:8,139#57,299by coinkrsk5 years ago
Add a school of fish following the cursor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Name Cursor Badge
Up in the last 7 days:5,451#62,116by Ridhwan Ahsan6 months ago
A lightweight, modern WordPress plugin that adds a custom live cursor badge effect to your website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mixer Dynamic Cursor
#66,255by Mixer Digital20 days ago
Custom cursor: 24 animated styles, your own colours, blend modes, and hover actions on buttons, carousels and external links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Draggable Images Block
Down in the last 7 days:16,413#70,204by AlexKole5 years ago
Add and move images in your Gutenberg block as you like.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day