Best orcid plugins for WordPress
The most popular orcid plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Linked Open Profiles leads with 60+ active installs, ahead of Academic Publications Showcase (40+) and Researcher Profiles for ORCID (30+). All 5 plugins tagged “orcid” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 orcid plugins
- 1.Linked Open Profiles
The most installed orcid plugin, with 60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Academic Publications Showcase40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.Researcher Profiles for ORCID
30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.Publiton
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 5.
AcademicCrewFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 5 plugins tagged “orcid”
Linked Open Profiles
Up in the last 7 days:255#19,646by ebengran2 months ago
Display public data from multiple ORCID profiles on pages, posts, and sites.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Academic Publications Showcase
Up in the last 7 days:125#21,443by havacekm8 months ago
Display publications from Zenodo communities or ORCID author profiles with modern card layouts and customizable designs.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Researcher Profiles for ORCID
Up in the last 7 days:74#24,442by lalohao2 months ago
Fetch, cache and display researcher profiles from the ORCID Public API via shortcodes. No live API calls on page load.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Publiton
Down in the last 7 days:8,032#44,480by zen0nl3 months ago
Auto-updating academic publication lists. Enter your ORCID iD once — your list keeps itself current, powered by OpenAlex.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

AcademicCrew
Down in the last 7 days:17,748#67,908by alefiori8224 days ago
Member profiles, courses, projects, and publication management for university research groups — on any WordPress theme.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day