Best options plugins for WordPress
The most popular options plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Redux Framework leads with 900K+ active installs, ahead of CMB2 (300K+) and ACF Options For Polylang (20K+). All 95 plugins tagged “options” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 options plugins
- 1.
Redux FrameworkThe most installed options plugin, with 900K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 273 reviews, updated 13 hours ago.
- 2.
CMB2300K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 91 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
ACF Options For Polylang20K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 17 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Options Framework10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 27 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 5.
AAA Autoload Optimizer9K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 25 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.
WP Options Importer6K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 9 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 7.
WPS Child Theme Generator6K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
Custom Global Variables5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 9.
WPC Product Options for WooCommerce4K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 10 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 10.
Transient Cleaner1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 23 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
All 95 plugins tagged “options”
Redux Framework
#70by David Anderson / Team Updrafttoday
Redux is a simple, truly extensible, and fully responsive options framework for WordPress themes and plugins. It ships with an integrated demo.
- Installs
- 900K+
- Rating
- 4.4(273)
- Downloads
- 9K/day
CMB2
#192by Justin Sternberg14 days ago
CMB2 is a metabox, custom fields, and forms library for WordPress that will blow your mind.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 5.0(91)
- Downloads
- 2.4K/day
ACF Options For Polylang
#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
- 337/day
Options Framework
#1,545by Devin Price9 years ago
The Options Framework Plugin makes it easy to include an options panel in any WordPress theme. It was built so developers can concentrate on making t …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(27)
- Downloads
- 23/day
AAA Autoload Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,224by Progress Planner7 days ago
Find and fix bloated autoloaded options slowing down your WordPress database
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.6(25)
- Downloads
- 354/day
WP Options Importer
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,743by Matthew Boynes3 years ago
Export and import WordPress Options.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.9(9)
- Downloads
- 54/day
WPS Child Theme Generator
Up in the last 7 days:9#2,865by NicolasKulka2 months ago
Create your child theme with options. Customize it many options.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 35/day
Custom Global Variables
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,168by oden77777 days ago
Easily create custom variables that can be accessed globally in Wordpress and PHP. Retrieval of information is extremely fast, with no database calls.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 103/day
WPC Product Options for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,382by WPClever7 days ago
WPC Product Options brings about the power of adjusting prices with highly customizable additional fields for products.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.1(10)
- Downloads
- 114/day
Transient Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:3#5,442by David Artiss2 months ago
Clean expired transients from your options table. The original and best!
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(23)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Contact Details
Up in the last 7 days:6#6,457by Steve9 years ago
Adds the ability to easily enter and display contact information.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Expand Divi
Down in the last 7 days:11#6,759by faycalboutam7 years ago
Adds more functionlity to the Divi theme.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 9/day
Advanced Custom Fields
Down in the last 7 days:2#7,663by bogdand10 years ago
An accordion field that lets you group multiple fields under accordion tabs. This makes a long ACF form break down with style.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
ThemeKit For WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:5#8,063by Josh Lyford15 years ago
Supercharge your WordPress themes and plugins with powerful features that are easy to create.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
CSH Login
Down in the last 7 days:19#9,045by cmssuperheroes8 years ago
Modal login form with redirect and styling options.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
CFS Options Screens
Down in the last 7 days:3#9,900by Jon Christopher4 years ago
Create options screens that utilize Custom Field Suite
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Subscription Options
Up in the last 7 days:14#10,104by 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
- 11/day
Turnkey bbPress by WeaverTheme
Down in the last 7 days:60#10,167by wpweaver3 months ago
At last! Turnkey bbPress. Beautiful bbPress styles. Essential layout and user/admin usability options. No CSS or PHP coding required.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Intervention
Down in the last 7 days:77#11,038by Darren Jacoby3 years ago
Less But Better — Dieter Rams.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
CMB2 Admin Extension
Up in the last 7 days:20#11,414by twoelevenjay27 days ago
Create and manage CMB2 meta boxes from the WordPress admin without writing code.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
CMB2 Taxonomy
Down in the last 7 days:27#11,638cmb2-taxonomy11 years ago
CMB2 Taxonomy will create metaboxes and forms with custom fields for your taxonomies using the CMB2 API (and yes, it will blow your mind too).
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Genesis Super Customizer
Up in the last 7 days:89#12,333by Mario Giancini7 years ago
The easiest way to customize the design of the Genesis theme, right from the WordPress Customizer.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.2(13)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Guten Free Options
Up in the last 7 days:94#12,648by Tony Hayes1 year ago
Gutenberg Free Options for your WordPressed Burger err I mean Editor.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Custom Option Page for ACF
Down in the last 7 days:96#12,899by Parimal Patel5 months ago
Easily create and manage custom options pages in your WordPress admin using Advanced Custom Fields (ACF). Perfect for theme or plugin settings.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Exclude Categories
Down in the last 7 days:29#13,530by Hung Trang Si8 years ago
Hide posts in categories on WordPress Homepage
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Options tree
Up in the last 7 days:13#13,869by Vishit Shah1 year ago
This plugin allows the end user to upload a header logo , footer logo, copy right text, design and development text & social media.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Screen Options and Help Show Customize
Up in the last 7 days:85#14,136by gqevu6bsiz11 years ago
Customization of the Screen options and Help.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Tweak Option
Down in the last 7 days:1,009#14,523by Jacob N. Breetvelt11 months ago
This plugin is a developers tool to inspect, add, modify and remove entries from the wp options database table.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Flexible Map Options
Down in the last 7 days:53#15,072by kerli8112 years ago
Provides an option page for the plugin WP Flexible Map to define the default values globally.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 3/day
ConfigPress
Down in the last 7 days:81#15,305by AAM Plugin11 years ago
An easy way to manage all your website custom settings.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Display Product Attributes for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:101#16,346by Jawad Abdani2 years ago
Boost your product conversions effortlessly by showcasing their unique features — the standout qualities that set them apart from the competition.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Headers
Up in the last 7 days:42#17,937by bettersecurity2 years ago
Improve the security of your website by easily setting HTTP response headers to enable browser protection
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Readministrator (Read Only Administrator)
Down in the last 7 days:519#18,056by Dhanendran Rajagopal2 months ago
A read-only administrator role — users can view the entire wp-admin like an admin but cannot change anything.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Admin Page Framework
Down in the last 7 days:65#18,580by miunosoft4 years ago
Facilitates WordPress plugin and theme development.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(23)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Extra Settings for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:140#19,082by taisho7 years ago
Easily customize and enhance WooCommerce store with highly demanded settings and additional features. Includes settings for Storefront theme.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Options
Down in the last 7 days:92#19,093by Greg - SiteOrigin14 years ago
Gives your blog a set of options which are defined by the theme.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Qwerty Admin Panel Theme
Down in the last 7 days:171#20,465by deva198318 years ago
This plugin overrides the admin panel style sheet for all users, allowing you to configure its colors through an options page.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Modern Fields, Custom Fields for Gutenberg
Up in the last 7 days:1,593#21,234by maximebj19 days ago
Custom Fields, options pages and metaboxes for the block Editor to improve your full site editing experience.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Clone Screen Options
#22,612by kodeo9 years ago
This plugin will let you clone screen options from one user to another user or user role.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Get Options
Up in the last 7 days:290#23,153by gilles661 year ago
View all the WordPress Options
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Options
Down in the last 7 days:8#23,212by Mirco Babini13 years ago
Easily manage Wordpress Options by Settings > Options
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP API Options
Up in the last 7 days:67#23,612by Oleg Kostin10 years ago
Extends WordPress WP REST API with new routes pointing to WordPress options.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bookster Extra Options
Down in the last 7 days:586#24,588by Bookstertoday
Offer Extra Products, Equipment, Variances to your Customers with Additional Fees
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Site Options
Up in the last 7 days:64#25,555by iTRON2 months ago
Add theme-defined custom options to the WordPress Settings -> Reading page with the plugin's established field and filter API.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Latest Posts with Order Option
Down in the last 7 days:378#28,044by Gravuj Miklos Henrich13 years ago
Widget for listing your latest posts in the order you choose from widget options.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Options
Down in the last 7 days:214#29,510by NoSta16 years ago
WP-Options:
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CSH Callback
Up in the last 7 days:234#30,517by cmssuperheroes8 years ago
Add a callback request form to wordpress site
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Table Pixie
Down in the last 7 days:1,428#30,664by ianmjones2 months ago
Search, sort, view and edit your settings and metadata, even serialized and base64 encoded values.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Caregiver
#30,969by Blintux13 years ago
Adds many options for tweaking frontend and backend of your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
REST API Extender
Up in the last 7 days:147#31,027by SEO Neo2 years ago
The REST API Extender is a WordPress plugin that extends the functionality of the WordPress REST API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day