Best paginator plugins for WordPress
The most popular paginator plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Widget Pagination leads with 50+ active installs, ahead of Pagenator (10+) and Fix Paging (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “paginator” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 paginator plugins
- 1.
Widget PaginationThe most installed paginator plugin, with 50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 2.
Pagenator10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 3.Fix Paging
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
All 3 plugins tagged “paginator”

Widget Pagination
Up in the last 7 days:1#20,397by Jana9 years ago
This plugin lets you add a stylable pagination for the widgets: Archives, Categories, Links, Meta, Pages, Individual Pages, Recent Posts and Recent Co …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Pagenator
Up in the last 7 days:9,679#36,030by NullLogic12 years ago
Pagenator is plugin that add buttons of prev and next to posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fix Paging
Down in the last 7 days:4,894#46,905by Napych15 years ago
Fixes paginator with custom permalinks for some sites.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day