Best new plugins for WordPress
The most popular new plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Pluginception leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of WooCommerce New Product Badge (800+) and WP Post Email Notification (200+). All 20 plugins tagged “new” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 new plugins
- 1.
PluginceptionThe most installed new plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 23 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
WooCommerce New Product Badge800+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 12 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 3.
WP Post Email Notification200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.
bbPress Pencil Unread100+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 11 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 5.
Worldclassthemes Notify me Plugin10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 6.
New Tab Actions by wasiwarez10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
Menu Badger10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 8.
Show Plugin Menu Items on Activation10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 9.
Blogger Redirector10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.3.3.
- 10.
ASPL Product Badges10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 20 plugins tagged “new”
Pluginception
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,330by Samuel Wood (Otto)3 months ago
A plugin that lets you quickly and easily create new plugins.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(23)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WooCommerce New Product Badge
Down in the last 7 days:27#7,460by James Koster9 years ago
Displays a 'new' badge on WooCommerce products published in the last x days.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 9/day
WP Post Email Notification
Down in the last 7 days:5#12,603by nstaeger8 years ago
A plugin sending email notifications to subscribers when a new post is published.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress Pencil Unread
Down in the last 7 days:67#14,733by grosbouff6 years ago
bbPress Pencil Unread display which bbPress forums/topics have already been read by the user.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.9(11)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Worldclassthemes Notify me Plugin
#29,766by suhailahmad6410 years ago
A secondary notification to receive when a new user registers
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
New Tab Actions by wasiwarez
Down in the last 7 days:597#30,771by Holger Wassenhoven7 months ago
Adds row actions to WordPress post and page list tables for executing in new tab
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Menu Badger
Up in the last 7 days:4,968#41,173by squidstack10 years ago
This is a plugin to add a badge to a menu item. If you create a new page or feature on your website you can easily add a badge to highlight it.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show Plugin Menu Items on Activation
#44,626by Kellen Mace9 years ago
Identify any newly added menu items on plugin activation.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Blogger Redirector
Down in the last 7 days:7,791#45,854blogger-redirector19 years ago
Redirect or accept the permalinks, post, feeds requests forwarded from Blogger to apporiate page on WordPress. Useful for migrating the traffic from …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ASPL Product Badges
#46,238by acespritech6 years ago
The ASPL Product Badges plugin allows you to display your customers the product is 'new' or 'sold-out' by lable.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PCF New Year Countdown
Down in the last 7 days:1,218#46,921by PC Futures11 years ago
A simple plugin that creates an easy to use New Year countdown for your WordPress sites.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LDB External Links
#47,281by ldebrouwer16 years ago
LDB External Links turns all your links with target="_blank" into rel="external" and uses Javascript to open them in a new window …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Product Spotlight Badge
Up in the last 7 days:7,119#53,915by Huzaifa Al Mesbah2 years ago
Display a "NEW!" badge for recently added WooCommerce products, making them stand out in your store.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Multisite New User Form
Down in the last 7 days:1,326#61,800by Robert Kampas8 years ago
This plugin allows you to create users with custom password on multisite website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day