Best paging plugins for WordPress
The most popular paging plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP-PageNavi leads with 400K+ active installs, ahead of WP-CommentNavi (700+) and List category posts with pagination (200+). All 17 plugins tagged “paging” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 paging plugins
- 1.
WP-PageNaviThe most installed paging plugin, with 400K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 149 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
WP-CommentNavi700+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
List category posts with pagination200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 4.
Back and Forward Button200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 5.
Simplistic page navi200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
Custom Pagination Permalinks100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 7.
Simple Guestbook80+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
WP-SEO-Paginate80+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 9.
Widget Pagination50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 10.
Pagination Translator30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
All 17 plugins tagged “paging”
WP-PageNavi
#131by Lester Chan2 months ago
Adds a more advanced paging navigation interface.
- Installs
- 400K+
- Rating
- 4.7(149)
- Downloads
- 2.2K/day
WP-CommentNavi
Down in the last 7 days:12#7,749by Lester Chan3 months ago
Adds a more advanced paging navigation for your comments to your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
List category posts with pagination
Up in the last 7 days:15#12,831by mukeshphpmysql15 years ago
List Category Posts with pagination allows you to list posts from a category into a post or page using the [mycatlist] shortcode.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Back and Forward Button
Up in the last 7 days:3#12,837by Dear5 months ago
Add ◄ and ► button anywhere in website matching theme color and style. Check the Live Preview first, then Install.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simplistic page navi
Up in the last 7 days:28#12,906by strix-bubol511 months ago
This plugin displays a linked list by page number. It is simple but has several features.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Pagination Permalinks
Up in the last 7 days:35#15,041by Pau Iglesias11 years ago
Custom listing pagination URLs instead default WordPress permalinks like "[..]/page/[number]/"
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Guestbook
Down in the last 7 days:37#17,894by dichternebel2 months ago
A simple guestbook plugin based on WordPress page comments.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-SEO-Paginate
Down in the last 7 days:115#17,973by Pankaj Jha13 years ago
Provides users with better and simple navigation interface.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Widget Pagination
Down in the last 7 days:29#20,420by 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
Pagination Translator
Down in the last 7 days:173#23,728by Szkandy12 years ago
Simple plugin wich allows you to set your pagination name in URL.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Paging Ajax
Up in the last 7 days:478#27,698by thinhbg599 years ago
A simple plugin using ajax to paging.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
View All Pages
Up in the last 7 days:2,048#41,936by prettyboymp15 years ago
Adds a "All Pages" link to the wp_link_pages() output that will show all pages for a post on singe page. Requires PHP 5+
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Page Translator
Up in the last 7 days:1,909#42,332by jiripolacek13 years ago
Simple plugin which allows you to set your pagination name in URL.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- 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
zNavCarousel
Down in the last 7 days:7,875#48,287by Tatoon17 years ago
Adds animate the paging navigation on your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AJAX Comment Pager
Down in the last 7 days:4,452#48,414by mg1218 years ago
AJAX paging plugin for comment pages in WordPress 2.7 or higher versions.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day