Best own-your-data plugins for WordPress
The most popular own-your-data plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Friends leads with 900+ active installs, ahead of startpage (30+) and thinkery (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “own-your-data” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 own-your-data plugins
- 1.
FriendsThe most installed own-your-data plugin, with 900+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
startpage30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 3.
thinkeryFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
All 3 plugins tagged “own-your-data”
Friends
Up in the last 7 days:12#7,156by Alex Kirk26 days ago
A self-hosted social reader for WordPress: follow people via RSS and ActivityPub, with multiple themes and a plugin ecosystem.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 45/day
startpage
Down in the last 7 days:49#23,337by Alex Kirk7 years ago
Create your own browser startpage within your WordPress.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
thinkery
Down in the last 7 days:17,389#72,356by Alex Kirk6 years ago
thinkery.me implemented as a WordPress plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day