Best navi plugins for WordPress
The most popular navi plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Pagebar2 leads with 800+ active installs, ahead of WP Select Box Navi (10+) and zNavCarousel (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “Navi” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 navi plugins
- 1.Pagebar2
The most installed navi plugin, with 800+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 2.WP Select Box Navi
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 3.zNavCarousel
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.4.
All 3 plugins tagged “Navi”
Pagebar2
Down in the last 7 days:10#7,295by Lutz Schröer4 years ago
Pagebar adds a nice page bar to your blog posts, multipaged posts and paged comments.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Select Box Navi
#46,677by Florian Steller13 years ago
Mobile Navigation
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
zNavCarousel
Down in the last 7 days:7,875#48,287by Tatoon17 years ago
Adds animate the paging navigation on your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day