Best output plugins for WordPress
The most popular output plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. User Meta Display leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of Widget Output Cache (200+) and Widget Output Filters (70+). All 7 plugins tagged “output” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 output plugins
- 1.User Meta Display
The most installed output plugin, with 400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 2.Widget Output Cache
200+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.Widget Output Filters
70+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 4.
WP Spider Cache10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 5.Program Output
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 6.Output Optimizer
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 7.
Echo Out ViewerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 7 plugins tagged “output”
User Meta Display
Down in the last 7 days:61#9,283by tripflex12 years ago
Ajax powered admin page to show, edit, add, and remove user meta. Choose dropdown list by User Login, ID, or Display Name.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Widget Output Cache
Down in the last 7 days:17#11,440by Kaspars10 days ago
Improve website performance by caching widget output in WordPress transients.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Widget Output Filters
Up in the last 7 days:7#18,628by Philip Newcomer10 years ago
A library which enables developers to filter the output of any WordPress widget.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Spider Cache
Down in the last 7 days:1,143#30,686by John James Jacoby28 days ago
Your friendly neighborhood caching solution for WordPress objects and pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Program Output
#40,978by Vicky Agravat2 years ago
Simple plugin to display formatted output of any program.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Output Optimizer
#44,512by Menkii14 years ago
Removes line-breaks, tabs, double space, html comments and wordpress head-data from html output.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Echo Out Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:7,295#50,628by aminul Islam1 year ago
Short Description: A simple tool to output and inspect PHP variables directly in your browser for debugging purposes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day