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Best native plugins for WordPress

The most popular native plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Native Lazyload leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of tags4page (90+) and Simple Galleria for WordPress (90+). All 7 plugins tagged “native” 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 native plugins

  1. 1.
    Native Lazyload

    The most installed native plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 3.0 from 31 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.

  2. 2.
    tags4page

    90+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 18 years ago.

  3. 3.
    Simple Galleria for WordPress

    90+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.

  4. 4.
    Nudge Publisher

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

  5. 5.
    Project Agora

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.

  6. 6.
    JustAwesome Woocommerce2App

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.0.

All 7 plugins tagged “native”