Best option plugins for WordPress
The most popular option plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Admin UI Customize leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of ACF Options For Polylang (20K+) and Rel Nofollow Checkbox (4K+). All 21 plugins tagged “option” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 option plugins
- 1.
WP Admin UI CustomizeThe most installed option plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 59 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 2.
ACF Options For Polylang20K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 17 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Rel Nofollow Checkbox4K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 26 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 4.
Subscription Options300+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 5.
Ajax Dropdowns300+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 14 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 6.
Options View200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Screen Options and Help Show Customize100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 8.
EPOW90+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
Custom Variables70+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 10.
Menu Maker40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
All 21 plugins tagged “option”
WP Admin UI Customize
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,072by gqevu6bsiz1 year ago
Customize the management screen UI.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.6(59)
- Downloads
- 99/day
ACF Options For Polylang
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,342by Amaury Balmer8 months ago
Improves Polylang by adding per-language support for ACF options pages—each language can have its own option values.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.4(17)
- Downloads
- 354/day
Rel Nofollow Checkbox
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,406by Fabio Santos9 years ago
Adds a checkbox in the insert/edit link popup for including rel="nofollow".
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.5(26)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Subscription Options
Down in the last 7 days:15#10,118by freedimensional14 years ago
Adds subscription option icons for your RSS Feed; your FeedBurner Email Service; your Twitter Stream and your Facebook page. Totally user-defined.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Ajax Dropdowns
Up in the last 7 days:28#10,152by ThemeBoy10 years ago
Display a group of posts that can be switched using dropdowns.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.9(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Options View
Down in the last 7 days:91#11,280by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Edit the contents of the options & usermeta table.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Screen Options and Help Show Customize
Down in the last 7 days:36#14,170by gqevu6bsiz11 years ago
Customization of the Screen options and Help.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 4/day
EPOW
Up in the last 7 days:78#17,041by VillaTheme2 months ago
Extra options for WooCommerce products, displaying visual customization and settings directly on the customization page.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Variables
Up in the last 7 days:177#18,156by lili0allen11 years ago
Custom Variables provides an convenient way of setting WordPress global options. You can use it anywhere on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Menu Maker
Down in the last 7 days:174#22,529by indranil17 years ago
The Menu Maker plugin helps in creating a menu for your site. Usually this can be used for creating a navigation menu.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Options
Up in the last 7 days:57#23,152by Mirco Babini13 years ago
Easily manage Wordpress Options by Settings > Options
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dashboard Option Menu Customize
Up in the last 7 days:12,259#33,850by gqevu6bsiz13 years ago
Customization options and help
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sukellos Dashboard Bar
Up in the last 7 days:5,779#40,366by Ludovic Maillet2 years ago
Sukellos Dashboard Bar hides the WordPress admin dashboard bar. Can be applied to certain profiles only.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CUSTOM OPTIONS PLUS POST IN
Up in the last 7 days:2,971#41,966by gqevu6bsiz11 years ago
This plugin is create to custom options in your WordPress. You can use in the Template and Shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sukellos Enable Classic Editor
#44,267by Ludovic Maillet2 years ago
Use Sukellos Enable Classic Editor to switch back to classic editor in post types and widgets.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Customizer Framework
#44,930by Philip Newcomer12 years ago
A lightweight and easy-to-use framework for the WordPress Customizer.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sukellos Image Formats
#46,810by Ludovic Maillet2 years ago
With Sukellos Image Formats, easily manage the image formats supported by Wordpress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BWL Poll Manager Lite
Down in the last 7 days:3,765#47,227by Mahbub Alam Khan2 years ago
BWL Poll Manager Lite provides all the required features to create a custom poll panel with unlimited options with in few minutes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sukellos Login Wrapper
Down in the last 7 days:1,566#54,153by Ludovic Maillet2 years ago
Sukellos Login Wrapper enrich the WordPress login with basic features (redirection, front end profile shortcode...)
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sukellos Login Style
#73,503by Ludovic Maillet2 years ago
Sukellos Login Style allows to customize the WordPress login page with colors and logo.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day