Best numbering plugins for WordPress
The most popular numbering plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Automatic Hx Menu leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of Automatic Heading Number (10+) and WP Sequential Page Number (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “numbering” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 numbering plugins
- 1.
Automatic Hx MenuThe most installed numbering plugin, with 30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.Automatic Heading Number
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 3.
WP Sequential Page NumberFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 4.
Usama Admin Post NumberingFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “numbering”

Automatic Hx Menu
#24,181by albedo01 year ago
Automatically generate a navigation menu from the titles of a post or a page
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Automatic Heading Number
Up in the last 7 days:1,795#39,401by revzap13 years ago
Automatically assign numbers within blog posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Sequential Page Number
Up in the last 7 days:3,960#69,308by Abdul Manaf M1 year ago
WP Sequential Page Number is a WordPress plugin to generate a sequential page number.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Usama Admin Post Numbering
Down in the last 7 days:1,173#73,592by Usama Khalid1 month ago
Add an automatic numbering (#) column to all post type list tables in the WordPress admin area — lightweight, pagination-aware, and neatly styled.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day