Best network plugins for WordPress
The most popular network plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. BuddyPress leads with 90K+ active installs, ahead of Nobs • Share Buttons (3K+) and Unconfirmed (1K+). All 120 plugins tagged “network” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 network plugins
- 1.BuddyPress
The most installed network plugin, with 90K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 375 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
Nobs • Share Buttons3K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 93 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.Unconfirmed
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 47 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 4.Dropdown Multisite Selector
900+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 19 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Snitch700+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 27 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
Theme Duplicator400+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 7.Network Privacy
300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 8.Activate Update Services
200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 9.User Activation Keys
100+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 20 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 10.
WP Multi Network100+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 24 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 120 plugins tagged “network”
BuddyPress
Down in the last 7 days:7#492by BuddyPress16 days ago
Get together safely, in your own way, in WordPress.
- Installs
- 90K+
- Rating
- 4.1(375)
- Downloads
- 2K/day

Nobs • Share Buttons
Down in the last 7 days:8#4,038by Geoffrey8 months ago
Juiz Social Post Sharer is now Nobs • Share Buttons. Add beautiful share buttons in your posts to allow visitors to share your content on social media …
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.7(93)
- Downloads
- 25/day
Unconfirmed
Down in the last 7 days:2#5,124by Boone Gorges2 years ago
Allows WordPress admins to manage unactivated users, by activating them manually, deleting their pending registrations, or resending the activation em …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(47)
- Downloads
- 183/day
Dropdown Multisite Selector
Down in the last 7 days:28#7,188by alordiel1 month ago
Build a configurable dropdown whose options redirect visitors to the URLs you choose: network sites, or your own custom links.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(19)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Snitch
Down in the last 7 days:19#7,750by pluginkollektiv7 months ago
Network monitor for WordPress. Connection overview for monitoring and controlling outgoing data traffic.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.0(27)
- Downloads
- 13/day

Theme Duplicator
Down in the last 7 days:46#9,267by Rohit Choudhary1 year ago
This plugin creates a duplicate copy of you selected theme.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Network Privacy
Up in the last 7 days:26#10,555by Ron Rennick11 years ago
Adds more privacy options to both single Wordpress sites and WordPress networks.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Activate Update Services
Up in the last 7 days:17#12,669by feedmeastraycat10 years ago
WordPress removes the Update Services ability when you create a network. Activate this plugin to get it back.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
User Activation Keys
Down in the last 7 days:57#14,150by David Sader10 years ago
A Multisite Network plugin for user activation key removal or approval.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(20)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Multi Network
Up in the last 7 days:66#15,439by John James Jacoby27 days ago
A WordPress plugin that provides a network management interface for global multisite administrators.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(24)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Humix for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:17#15,679by humix1 year ago
The plugin allows users to embed videos from Humix.com with a Humix widget in your theme, a custom block with playback settings like float, autoplay w …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day

Multisite Enhancements
Up in the last 7 days:408#15,976by Frank Bueltge2 years ago
Enhance Multisite for Network Admins with different topics
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(49)
- Downloads
- 109/day

Metro Share Widget
Down in the last 7 days:99#16,355by WPManiax9 years ago
Add Metro style social share widget to your sidebar. 5 most popular social networks supported
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sort My Sites
Up in the last 7 days:124#17,003by Tryon Eggleston2 years ago
Sort My Sites lets you change the ordering of the My Sites menu on the dashboard and in the admin bar.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Network Username Restrictions Override
Down in the last 7 days:83#17,474by Daniel Westermann-Clark2 years ago
Override restrictions on WordPress network usernames.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Open.Video
Up in the last 7 days:226#17,521by openvideo10 days ago
The Open.Video plugin allows you to embed videos from Open.Video using a widget, a custom block with playback settings (like float and autoplay), or a …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 17/day
WP Over Network
Down in the last 7 days:62#17,635by yuka2py13 years ago
Add ability to get posts from over your network sites. Supports widget, shortcode, and customizable original function.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Network Plugin Auditor
Down in the last 7 days:140#18,167by Katherine Semel-Munson10 years ago
For multisite/network installations only. Adds columns to your network admin to show which sites are using each plugin and theme.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(22)
- Downloads
- 17/day
BootstrapCDN
Down in the last 7 days:63#18,427by jimaek13 years ago
The official WordPress plugin of BootstrapCDN by MaxCDN.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 7/day

WP-GraphViz
Up in the last 7 days:74#21,488by Jan DeBAAT3 years ago
A plugin to provide GraphViz functionality for WordPress sites.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Advanced Custom Fields
Down in the last 7 days:312#21,873by Tigerton10 years ago
Adds a sites field type to ACF. Allows for selection of one or multiple sites in a multisite network.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

TFO Graphviz
Down in the last 7 days:57#22,366by Chris Luke7 years ago
Generates Graphviz graphics using shortcodes. Supports almost all Graphviz features (depending on the generation method in use.)
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Networks
#24,733by mikeogbin15 years ago
Social Networks plugin displays your facebook link, Twitter, Youtube, linkedin, myspace and RSS Feed. I guarantee that you will like it after using th …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private Sites
Down in the last 7 days:371#26,733by Brent Maxwell11 years ago
Quick plugin to enable the setting of a site private. Includes options for with multi-site capabilities.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ChatHispano
Down in the last 7 days:766#28,305by Toni Garcia6 years ago
Integra los servicios de la red de IRC & Chat de ChatHispano en tu WordPress. Inserta un Webchat en tu Web para chatear y conocer a la gente.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Multisite Directory
#29,495by Meitar9 years ago
Add a browseable, flexible directory of the sites in a WP Multisite network. Each subsite gets its own page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.3(4)
- Downloads
- 2/day
WP Remote Request Check
Down in the last 7 days:318#29,686by danstever12 years ago
Checks if the WordPress HTTP API is able to be used by making calls using wp_remote_request().
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

Toggle Admin Bar Menu
#29,876by Aram1 year ago
Replaces the WordPress admin bar menu with a compact menu icon. Clicking the icon toggles the visibility of the full admin bar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Avelon Network
Up in the last 7 days:1,058#30,327by Roland Pogonyi2 months ago
Plugin to connect Avelon Network to woocommerce.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Limit Post Revisions Network Option
Down in the last 7 days:449#30,601by David Sader10 years ago
A Multisite Network plugin to add Network Admin->Settings to limit, or disable, the number of post revisions and set the post autosave interval.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hide Super Admin Users
Up in the last 7 days:825#30,609by Josh Eby4 years ago
Hides super admin users from non-super admin users within the dashboard of a WordPress multisite install.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 1/day

Multisite Post Cloner
Down in the last 7 days:232#30,664by Aram1 year ago
Multisite Post Cloner allows you to clone posts and pages across sites in your WordPress multisite network.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Social Media with defered Javascript
Down in the last 7 days:142#31,256by Matthew Horne14 years ago
Adds Facebook Like, Twitter button, Google +1 and Digg button below posts.The javascript is defered so to improve performance on your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Multisite Administration Tools
Down in the last 7 days:230#31,653by Aaron Axelsen7 months ago
Adds information to the network admin sites, plugins and themes page. Allows you to easily see what theme and plugins are enabled on a site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 2/day
MultiSite Widget Link
Up in the last 7 days:268#32,627by Bastien Ho3 years ago
Simply add widgets in order to link another blog in a multisite instance
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bulk Marketpress Product Category Copier
#33,808by Samer Bechara12 years ago
This plugin allows you to bulk copy your marketpress product categories between sites on your network which have the marketpress plugin activated.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Network Ping
#35,221by Sean Fisher16 years ago
Running a WordPress MU network can be annoying when sites can be submitting different pings lists. The site will allow for a standard ping list for al …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Network Mass Email
#36,120by Kenny Zaron13 years ago
Allows network admins to send a manually created notification email to all registered users based on user role.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(4)
- Downloads
- 2/day
Primary Blog Switcher for SuperAdmins
Up in the last 7 days:5,925#36,920by David Sader10 years ago
WordPress multisite network plugin to allow Network Admin to set the "Primary Blog" (aka Primary Site) of a user while editing a profile.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CPD-Journals
Up in the last 7 days:9,528#37,166by saulcoz12 years ago
Turns a WordPress Multisite installation into a CPD (Continuous Professional Development) journal platform.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Shadow Screen Options
#37,698by Jennifer M. Dodd14 years ago
Create a shadow system of blog-specific screen layout options in a multisite environment.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Multisite Theme Statistics
Up in the last 7 days:8,073#38,201by Ron Rennick11 years ago
Adds theme usage statistics within your network, shows themes by user and most popular themes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Network Menu Copier
Up in the last 7 days:8,363#38,278by Samer Bechara12 years ago
This plugin allows you to bulk copy your menus between sites on your network which are using the same theme.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sitewide Recent Images
Up in the last 7 days:6,167#38,585by harpercl15 years ago
A widget for multisite blogs to feature recent images from all the blogs on their network
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
BP Multi Network
#39,127by Ron Rennick10 years ago
Segregate your BP networks in a multi-network WP install.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.8(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Contributors
Down in the last 7 days:3,397#39,762by Aaron T. Grogg12 years ago
Enhanced Admin Links in Multisite 'My Sites' Drop-Downs
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Multisite Dashboard Switcher
Up in the last 7 days:7,129#40,359by sjlevy2 years ago
The Multisite Dashboard Switcher is a plugin written for WordPress that allows multisite administrators to easily switch between Dashboards.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Update Time Zones Across Network
Up in the last 7 days:6,514#40,436by oiler15 years ago
Automatically change the time zone for all of the blogs on your multisite network. Not for single installations. WPMU / Multisite / Network only.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tsu Popup
Up in the last 7 days:2,042#41,514by Md Nurullah11 years ago
Add your own tsu ( Social Network ) popup in any website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simply Social Links
Up in the last 7 days:2,037#41,547by Matheus Eduardo15 years ago
This plugin adds a new field (metadata) in the section editing links in order to add social networking links (like twitter, flickr, etc.) to any link.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day